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In the United States, the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care (NCP) has completed its work on the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care. The Guidelines are now available for download electronically on the NCP Web site. These guidelines were developed by the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care (NCP), a consortium of leading palliative care organizations. The guidelines provide detailed guidance on appropriate, evidence-based means to address eight key domains: Structure and Process of Care; Physical; Psychological and Psychiatric; Social; Spiritual; Religious and Existential; Cultural; The Imminently Dying Patient: and Ethics and Law. The new guidelines will assist the rapidly increasing number of palliative care programs established in hospitals, nursing homes, hospices and health systems deliver high-quality, palliative care for seriously ill patients and their families.
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First Fetched: 02:29:46 05/04/2004
Last Updated: 05:54:22 08/15/2004
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