Improving Care for the End of Life A Sourcebook for Health Care Managers and Clinicians

by Lynn, Joanne; Schuster, Janice Lynch; Wilkinson, Anne; Simon, Lin Noyes

• ISBN13: 9780195310429
• ISBN10: 019531042X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-08-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

"Improving Care for the End of Life provides expert guidance on how to make significant improvements now, at all levels of the health care system - from the bedside and the hospital to the health care policy and legislative arenas - by using the rapid cycle approach to change. The ideas are proven, and the stories of teams that have put them to use will inspire and enlighten."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Overview
Introduction: Continuous Quality Improvement for Better End-of-Life Care	p. 3
How to Make Improvement Happen	p. 19
Improved Patient Care Through Improved Practice and Systems
Preventing, Assessing, and Treating Pain	p. 53
Managing Dyspnea and Ventilator Withdrawal	p. 89
Beyond the Living Will: Advance Care Planning for All Stages of Health and Disease	p. 105
Supporting People in Difficult Times: Relationships, Spirituality, and Bereavement	p. 133
Continuity of Care: Improving Transitions, Continuity, and Coordination of Care in the Health Care System	p. 163
Arrangements to Promote Reform
Caring for the Caregivers: Helping Staff to Provide Good Care	p. 197
Hospital-Based Palliative Care Consults and Units	p. 217
Law, Policy, and Finance	p. 241
Opportunities in Specific Diseases
Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Opportunities to Honor Life	p. 265
Opportunities to Improve Care for Cancer Patients	p. 291
Offering End-of-Life Services to Patients With Advanced Heart or Lung Failure	p. 301
Depression and Delirium	p. 321
Conclusion: Getting Started	p. 337
Appendix: Instruments	p. 347
Resources	p. 403
Glossary	p. 415
References	p. 425
Index	p. 437
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