Implementation of improvement strategies in palliative care: an integrative review.

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Published in Implement Sci on July 26, 2015

Authors

Jasper van Riet Paap1, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen2,3,4, Ragni Sommerbakk5, Wendy Moyle6, Marianne J Hjermstad7,8, Wojciech Leppert9, Kris Vissers10, Yvonne Engels11, IMPACT research team

Author Affiliations

1: Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ healthcare), Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Jasper.vanRietPaap@radboudumc.nl.
2: Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ healthcare), Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Myrra.Vernooij-Dassen@radboudumc.nl.
3: Nijmegen Alzheimer Centre, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Myrra.Vernooij-Dassen@radboudumc.nl.
4: Kalorama Foundation, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Myrra.Vernooij-Dassen@radboudumc.nl.
5: European Palliative Care Research Centre, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 8905, N-7491, Trondheim, Norway. ragni.sommerbakk@ntnu.no.
6: Centre for Health Practice Innovation, Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, Brisbane, Australia. w.moyle@griffith.edu.au.
7: European Palliative Care Research Centre, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 8905, N-7491, Trondheim, Norway. marianne.j.hjermstad@ntnu.no.
8: Regional Centre for Excellence in Palliative Care Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, P.O. Box 4956, Nydalen, 0424, Oslo, Norway. marianne.j.hjermstad@ntnu.no.
9: Department of Palliative Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-245, Poznan, Poland. wojciechleppert@wp.pl.
10: Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Kris.Vissers@radboudumc.nl.
11: Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Yvonne.Engels@radboudumc.nl.

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