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The development and implementation of the Pathway for Improving the Care of the Dying in general medical wards
Author(s) -
Jackson K.,
Mooney C.,
Campbell D.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02002.x
Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , adaptation (eye) , health care , nursing , medical care , healthcare system , medical emergency , family medicine , physics , optics , economics , economic growth
The majority of deaths in Australia occur in general hospital wards and most are neither sudden nor unexpected. The Pathway for Improving the Care of the Dying (PICD) is an adaptation of the Liverpool Care Pathway to the Australian healthcare setting (or ‘to Australian conditions’) and is designed to help ensure a ‘good death’ for patients dying outside the palliative care system. PICD consists of a series of prompts, guidelines, revised medical and nursing care plans and a number of medication algorithms.