Patient safety incidents in hospice care: observations from interdisciplinary case conferences.

Debra Parker Oliver; George Demiris; Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles; Ashley Gage; Mariah L. Dewsnap-Dreisinger; Jamie Luetkemeyer

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Patient safety incidents in hospice care: observations from interdisciplinary case conferences.

December 13, 2013

Oliver DP, Demiris G, Wittenberg-Lyles E, et al. J Palliat Med. 2013;16(12):1561-7.

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The number of patients receiving home hospice services is growing, and this descriptive study found that medication errors and falls appear to be among the prominent patient safety concerns in such patients.

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