Active Listening Key to Quality Palliative Care

Measuring relatives' perspectives on the quality of palliative care: the Consumer Quality Index Palliative Care.

CONTEXT A Consumer Quality Index (CQ-index) is a questionnaire assessing the actual care experiences and how important the recipient finds certain care aspects, as well as the priorities for improving quality. A CQ-index Palliative Care (CQ-index PC) for bereaved relatives was developed to measure the quality of palliative care. OBJECTIVES This article provides insight into the development an...

Listening to Air Quality

In most large cities of the developing world, urban air pollution has worsened, which has been detrimental to the health of their populations. At the same time, it is difficult for lay people to sense the level of air quality with bare human perception as air pollutants are mostly invisible and odorless. We believe that computing technologies can help increase awareness of urban air quality. To...

Active listening: The key of successful communication in hospital managers

INTRODUCTION One of the important causes of medical errors and unintentional harm to patients is ineffective communication. The important part of this skill, in case it has been forgotten, is listening. The objective of this study was to determine whether managers in hospitals listen actively. METHODS This study was conducted between May and June 2014 among three levels of managers at teachin...

Nursing research: a key to quality care.

Palliative care: a lifeline to quality of life.

ASCO's Provisional Clinical Opinion offers the opportunity to bring clinicians a significant step forward in delivering truly patient-centered, family-focused care that can make a difference.