title: Advancing care in serious illness: evolution of a center.
abstract: Faculty at the School of Nursing of the University of Pennsylvania successfully responded to the National Center For Nursing Research Center grant initiative with a center focused on advancing care in serious illness. The faculty and campus resources available to the proposed center and the initial center research and training program are described.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia 19104-6096.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Lowery
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McCorkle
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010414:Pennsylvania; D000078329:Workforce