Name:
Balm of Gilead: When to Consider Palliative Care Pocket Card
Description:
The When to Consider Palliative Care pocket card outlines the conditions
and goals warranting a palliative care consult.
Category:
Clinical Care Tools - Clinical Assessment
Source:
Cooper Green Hospital
The Balm of Gilead Center
1515 Sixth Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233
www.gileadcenter.com
Contact:
Marc Sussman
sussmanm@jccal.org
About this product:
This is one of five pocket cards that accompany Amos Bailey's book, "The Palliative
Response." The pocket cards are provided for quick reference and can be laminated
for distribution and ready accessibility.
Keywords:
care coordination, care plan, care planning, quality of life
To use this tool:
You may print and copy this tool for your own use from this site. Please credit
source.
References:
The Provider Pocket Cards accompany "The Palliative Response" written by Amos
Bailey, M.D. This guide is available online in its entirety at www.hospice.va.gov.
To view this tool:
Left click on the download link to view the PDF document in your Web browser.
Right-click on the download link to save the document to your computer.
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Posted April 2004
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