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Call for Nominations
- Circle of Life Award:
Celebrating Innovation in Palliative and End-Of-Life Care |
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Announcement - the National Coaliation for Hospice and Palliative Care is
seeking a part-time Director. Please see the complete job description
here
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PITTSBURGH,
PA, April 24, 2013—
The National Consensus
Project (NCP) announces the release of the third edition of the Clinical
Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care. Released in March, the 2013
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Care reflect the
maturation of the field, health care reform, quality outcomes, and evidenced
based palliative care research. This document incorporates important quality
assessment and improvement initiatives into palliative care, and describes the
comprehensive care necessary for patients at the end of life. The Clinical
Guidelines emphasize the patient family centered focus of palliative care,
promoting access to palliative care across all patient populations and all
health settings. There is expansion of composition and necessary education
of the interdisciplinary team beyond chaplaincy, medicine, nursing, pharmacy,
and social work to include rehabilitation therapists, respiratory care, and
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"The purpose of the
National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care is to promote the implementation
of Clinical Practice Guidelines that ensure care of consistent and high quality,
and that guide the development and structure of new and existing
palliative care services."
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Serving as a Task Force of:
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Center to Advance Palliative Care
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
National Association of Social Workers
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
National Palliative Care Research Center
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