Patient safety and end-of-life care: common issues, perspectives, and strategies for improving care.

Sydney Morss Dy

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Patient safety and end-of-life care: common issues, perspectives, and strategies for improving care.

August 15, 2016

Dy SM. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2016;33(8):791-6.

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Exploring overlapping areas of concern in patient safety and end-of-life care initiatives, this review describes improvement strategies, such as team training and standardization of care, that apply in both domains.

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