National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, Executive Summary

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Journal of Palliative MedicineVol. 7, No. 5 Policy DocumentNational Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, Executive SummaryFrom the national consensus project for quality palliative care (a consortium of the american academy of hospice and palliative Medicine, the center to advance palliative care, hospice and Palliative nurses association, last acts partnership, and national Hospice and palliative care organization).From the national consensus project for quality palliative care (a consortium of the american academy of hospice and palliative Medicine, the center to advance palliative care, hospice and Palliative nurses association, last acts partnership, and national Hospice and palliative care organization).Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:29 Oct 2004https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2004.7.611AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byDesigning the Post-Pandemic Hospice Environment: “The Last Place”28 January 2023Health Care Professionals’ Experiences and Perspectives on Using Telehealth for Home-based Palliative Care: A Scoping Review (Preprint)23 October 2022 | Journal of Medical Internet ResearchPain and Palliative Care21 October 2022Development of a national quality framework for palliative care in a mixed generalist and specialist care model: A whole-sector approach and a modified Delphi technique23 March 2022 | PLOS ONE, Vol. 17, No. 3Use of Theoretical Frameworks in the Development and Testing of Palliative Care InterventionsJournal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol. 63, No. 3Gender, Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Palliative Care Encounters in Ischemic Stroke AdmissionsCardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, Vol. 35Patient-Centered Discussion on End-of-Life Care for Patients with Advanced COPD8 February 2022 | Medicina, Vol. 58, No. 2Quality improvement of the end of life care experience through bereavement calls made by spiritual care7 February 2020 | Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, Vol. 28, No. 1Data from emergency medicine palliative care access (EMPallA): a randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of specialty outpatient versus telephonic palliative care of older adults with advanced illness presenting to the emergency department12 July 2021 | BMC Emergency Medicine, Vol. 21, No. 1United States Best Practice Guidelines for Primary Palliative Care in the Emergency DepartmentAnnals of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 78, No. 5Palliative Care Services in the NeuroICU: Opportunities and Persisting Barriers12 January 2021 | American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Vol. 38, No. 11The Difficulties in End-of-Life Discussions - Family Inventory (DEOLD-FI): Development and Initial Validation of a Self-Report Questionnaire in a Sample of Terminal Cancer PatientsJournal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol. 62, No. 3Association of Race with End-of-Life Treatment Preferences in Older Adults with Cancer Receiving Outpatient Palliative Care Sean O'Mahony, Sheri Kittelson, Paige C. 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Volume 7Issue 5Oct 2004 InformationCopyright 2004, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:From the national consensus project for quality palliative care (a consortium of the american academy of hospice and palliative Medicine, the center to advance palliative care, hospice and Palliative nurses association, last acts partnership, and national Hospice and palliative care organization)..National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, Executive Summary.Journal of Palliative Medicine.Oct 2004.611-627.http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2004.7.611Published in Volume: 7 Issue 5: October 29, 2004PDF download