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Abstract
Schedules of medical and nursing procedures, including diagnostic tests, medications, and consultations designed to effect an efficient, coordinated program of treatment. (From Mosby's Medical, Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary, 4th ed)
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Synonyms
17 entry terms
- Care Map
- Care Pathways
- Clinical Paths
- Clinical Pathways
- Critical Paths
- Care Pathway
- Clinical Path
- Clinical Pathway
- Critical Path
- Critical Pathway
- Map, Care
- Maps, Care
- Path, Clinical
- Path, Critical
- Pathway, Care
- Pathway, Clinical
- Pathway, Critical
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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
schedules in patient care for coordinated treatment
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Previous Indexing
- Patient Care Planning (1991-1995)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Critical Pathways. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019091. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019091
- Critical Pathways. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_pathway
- Critical Pathways. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1774706