Access to Palliative Care in Critical Care Settings: A Call to Action
From the NHPCO’s position statement
October 1, 2008 less than 1 minute read
From the NHPCO's position statement
Access to Palliative Care in Critical Care Settings: A Call to Action
- All eligible patients should have access to palliative care services.
- Every critical care health care provider should review the National Consensus Project/National Quality Forum (NCP/NQF) guidelines for palliative care and hospice.
- Every health care system should adopt the preferred practices as they apply in the critical care setting.
- Every critical care health care provider should be educated in the principles of palliative care.
- Current evidence-based practices related to palliative care should be used in the treatment of patients.
- Palliative care services within critical care must be evaluated using an accepted continuous quality improvement methodology.
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