Innovations in End-of-Life Care
an international journal of leaders in end-of-life care

From contributors to this issue:

Bookbinder M. Improving the Quality of Care across Settings. In Textbook of Palliative Nursing, B Ferrell, N Coyle (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001,503-530.

Bookbinder M, Coyle N, Kiss M, Layman Goldstein M, Holritz K, Thaler H, Gianella A, Derby S, Brown M, Racolin M, Nah Ho M, Portenoy RK. Implementing national standards for cancer pain management: program model and evaluation. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 1996;12(6):334-347.

Bookbinder M, Kiss M, Coyle N, Brown M, Gianella A, Thaler H. Improving Pain Management Practices. In Cancer Pain Management, 2nd Edition, D McGuire, C Yarbro, B Ferrell (eds.). Boston: Jones and Bartlett, 1995,321-361.

Glajchen M, Bookbinder M. Knowledge and perceived competence of home care nurses in pain management: a national survey. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 2001;21(4):307-16.

Ellershaw J, Smith C, Overill S, Walker SE, Aldridge. Care of the dying: setting standards for symptom control in the last 48 hours of life. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 2001;21(1):12-17.

Thorns AR, Ellershaw JE. A survey of nursing and medical staff views on the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the hospice. Palliative Medicine. 1999 May;13(3):225-32.

Lloyd-Jones G, Ellershaw J, Wilkinson S, Bligh JG. The use of multidisciplinary consensus groups in the planning phase of an integrated problem-based curriculum. Medical Education. 1998;32(3):278-82.

Ellershaw J, Foster A, Murphy D, et al. Developing an integrated pathway for the dying patient. European Journal of Palliative Care. 1997;4:203-207.

Ellershaw JE, Peat SJ, Boys LC. Assessing the effectiveness of a hospital palliative care team. Palliative Medicine. 1995;9(2):145-52.

Bruera E, Portenoy RK (Eds.). Topics in Palliative Care, Vol 5. New York: Oxford University Press; 2001.

Bruera E, Portenoy RK (Eds.). Topics in Palliative Care, Vol 4. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Bruera E, Portenoy RK (Eds.). Topics in Palliative Care, Vol 3. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Bruera E, Portenoy RK (Eds.). Topics in Palliative Care, Vol 2. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Bruera E, Portenoy RK (Eds.). Topics in Palliative Care, Vol 1. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Berwick DM. A primer on leading the improvement of systems. British Medical Journal. 1996;312:619-622.

Brooke RH, McGlynn E, Cleary PD. Quality of health care (Part II) – measuring quality of care. New England Journal of Medicine. 1996; 335(13):966-979.

Chassin MR. Quality of health care – improving the quality of care. New England Journal of Medicine. 1996;335(14):1060-1063.

Christakis NA. Death Foretold: Prophecy and Prognosis in Medical Care. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.

Christakis NA, Lamont EB. Extent and determinants of error in physicians' prognoses in terminally ill patients: Prospective cohort study. Western Journal of Medicine. 2000;172:310-313.

Evangelista M. Transferable pathway benefits hospital, hospice. Hospital Case Management. 1995;3(5):75-78.

Gordon DB. Critical pathways: a road to institutionalizing pain management. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 1996;11(4):252-9.

Hospital Case Management. 1998;6(4):69-72. Supportive care pathway comforts the terminally ill.

Kitchiner D, Davidson C, Bundred P. Integrated care pathways: effective tools for continuous evaluation of clinical practice. J Evaluate Clinical Practice. 1996;2:65-69.

Lafferty CL. Transformational leadership and the hospice RN case manager: a new critical pathway. Hospice Journal. 1998;13(3):35-48

Lynn J, Lynch Schuster J, Kabcenell A. Improving Care for the End of Life: A Sourcebook for Health Care Managers and Clinicians. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

McClung LT. Clinical pathways for the terminally ill. Caring. 1997;16(11):26-8, 30, 32.

National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services. Making Palliative Care Better: Quality improvement, multiprofessional audit and standards, Occasional Paper 12. London: National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services, 1997.

Ventafridda V, Ripamonti C, De Conno F, et al. Symptom prevalence and control during cancer patients' last days of life. Journal of Palliative Care. 1990;6:7-11.

Wright PM. A critical pathway for interdisciplinary hospice care. The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care. 2001;18(1):31-4.

Zander K. Critical Pathways, Total Quality Management: The Health Care Pioneers. Chicago: American Hospital Publishing, 1992, Chapter 9: 305-314.