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AAHPM Position Paper: Requirements for the Successful Development of Academic Palliative Care Programs
- Source :
- Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 39:743-755
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2010.
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Abstract
- In this position paper, we outline the essential features for an academic palliative care program. Our goal was to assist both academic palliative care faculty and their stakeholders (department chairmen, deans, and others) in building sustainable high-quality academic palliative care programs. We also provide the background that justifies such an effort. Palliative medicine provides coordinated, interdisciplinary care for a growing population of patients and their families with complex care needs as they face a life-threatening or serious condition. These programs have recently matured in the United States and have become
- Subjects :
- Complex care needs
Academic Medical Centers
education.field_of_study
medicine.medical_specialty
Palliative care
business.industry
Public health
Palliative Care
Population
Internship and Residency
United States
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Nursing
Humans
Position paper
Medicine
Curriculum
Neurology (clinical)
business
education
Psychosocial
General Nursing
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 08853924
- Volume :
- 39
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....01ddb5ef4838d36d7aae656b8b1b9c2b