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- Title
Free Guidelines Describe Key Components of an Evidence- Based Palliative Care Program.
- Abstract
The article reports on the release of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care. The guidelines have been released by the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care, a task force under the guidance of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. The guidelines describe the essential components of an evidence-based palliative care program and are intended to be used to establish definitions of palliative care, develop new palliative care initiatives and improve existing strategies, create goals for patient access to this type of care, and ensure continuity of palliative care in various healthcare settings.
- Subjects
DOCUMENTATION; PALLIATIVE treatment; UTILIZATION review (Medical care); HOSPICE care; MEDICAL care; ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc.; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
ONS News, 2005, Vol 20, Issue 9, p11
- ISSN
0890-5215
- Publication type
Article