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Development and measurement of palliative care cultural standards using clinical indicators
Author(s) -
O'BRIEN Anthony P,
O'CONNOR Margaret,
GRIFFITHS Debra,
BLOOMER Melissa J
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
asia‐pacific journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1743-7563
pISSN - 1743-7555
DOI - 10.1111/j.1743-7563.2011.01510.x
Subject(s) - nursing , medicine , sociology , obstetrics , library science , computer science
The authors consider the need for improvement in the delivery and measurement of cultural sensitive palliative care, with special attention to migrants from Asian countries in Australia. They believe that there have been no clearly defined cultural indicators of quality care provided in the palliative care period and towards the end of life. They argue that quality indicators (CI) can be used to provide high quality of care to all patients