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Post PC in-pt admission criteria
Author: jwatkins
Date: Apr 8, 2008 5:57 pm
Our administration recently approved 2 dedicated in-pt palliative care beds. We are in the process of developing admission criteria. I would appreciate any info regarding this topic. Thanks
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Re:PC in-pt admission criteria (by mrabow on 05/13/2008)
Hi, If you haven't already reviewed this great paper from Meier and Beresford, please do so...
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/jpm.2006.9.1244
I think it will be helpful as you set up your unit and lists successful model programs that you might want to contact. Best, Mike
Michael W. Rabow, MD
Director, Symptom Management Service
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Palliative Care Leadership Center
University of California, San Francisco

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