Providing a Palliative Care Service: Towards an Evidence BaseOxford University Press, 1999 - Počet stran: 276 This book addresses key questions about the need for palliative care, the current provision of services and the evidence for the effectiveness of a range of alternative models of organisation in pallitaive care. A broad approach is taken to include the needs of both cancer patients andpatients with other terminal diseases and the relationship between palliative care and other aspects of health care services. The book is based on a comprehensive and detailed review of the international scientific literature on evaluation of palliative care, providing an essential evidence base forpolicy decisions. |
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... care - giver satisfaction . In a retrospec- tive study of 1858 informal care - givers ' of deceased cancer patients , it was found that the frequency of visits by district nurses and general practitioners as well as the provision of ...
... care - giver satisfaction . In a retrospec- tive study of 1858 informal care - givers ' of deceased cancer patients , it was found that the frequency of visits by district nurses and general practitioners as well as the provision of ...
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... care - givers act as proxies in quality of life assessments ? Patients who are terminally ill may not be able to complete complex research instruments , or it may be felt too intrusive to ask them to do so . The difficulties of ...
... care - givers act as proxies in quality of life assessments ? Patients who are terminally ill may not be able to complete complex research instruments , or it may be felt too intrusive to ask them to do so . The difficulties of ...
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... care - giver reports of pain had correlation of 0.43 . HB patients Melzach pain index adapted from Spitzer QoL index . ' Quality of death ' score According to care - givers , 16 % of patients were pain free in last weeks of life ...
... care - giver reports of pain had correlation of 0.43 . HB patients Melzach pain index adapted from Spitzer QoL index . ' Quality of death ' score According to care - givers , 16 % of patients were pain free in last weeks of life ...
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