From Ethics to Palliative Care: A Community Hospital Experience
| Autor: | Lois R. Robley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Georgia Palliative care Attitude of Health Personnel education Hospitals Community Nursing Methodology Research Vulnerable Populations Quality of life (healthcare) Nursing Health care Humans Organizational Objectives Medicine Philosophy Medical General Nursing Curative care Quality of Health Care Ethics Committees business.industry Palliative Care Focus Groups Focus group United States Community hospital Personnel Hospital Family medicine Practice Guidelines as Topic Needs assessment Quality of Life Advance Directives business End-of-life care Needs Assessment Program Evaluation Total Quality Management |
| Zdroj: | Nursing Clinics of North America. 43:469-476 |
| ISSN: | 0029-6465 |
| Popis: | One of the most vulnerable and voiceless groups of patients within American hospitals and institutions today are those who are dying. Health care institutions struggle with the challenge of providing excellent palliative and end-of-life care to patients while providing curative therapies at the same time. This article describes the efforts and accomplishments of the ethics committee of a community hospital system to provide for the palliative and end-of-life needs of its patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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