title: End-of-life care in the nursing home--is a good death compatible with regulatory compliance?
abstract: By using relevant clinical practice guidelines for end-of-life care and by incorporating meaningful quality indicators into an effective continuous quality improvement program, nursing facilities can provide quality end-of-life care for their residents while complying with state and federal regulations.
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Lawhorne
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005380:Financing, Government; D033161:Government Regulation; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000592:standards; D010166:Palliative Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States