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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... settings other than palliative care . Such instruments may not be responsive enough to detect changes relevant in a palliative care setting . For example , measurements derived from the Karnosfsky Performance Status Scale for functional ...
... settings other than palliative care . Such instruments may not be responsive enough to detect changes relevant in a palliative care setting . For example , measurements derived from the Karnosfsky Performance Status Scale for functional ...
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... setting There is a surprising dearth of published information about hospice units in acute hospital settings . There are comments on the development of such units ( Hoskin and Hanks 1988 , Severs and Wilkins 1991 ) but no evidence of ...
... setting There is a surprising dearth of published information about hospice units in acute hospital settings . There are comments on the development of such units ( Hoskin and Hanks 1988 , Severs and Wilkins 1991 ) but no evidence of ...
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... setting , with a transient population of patients , under the care of a number of different teams , scattered throughout the hospital . Financial backing for such studies is frequently lacking . Services have developed to serve local ...
... setting , with a transient population of patients , under the care of a number of different teams , scattered throughout the hospital . Financial backing for such studies is frequently lacking . Services have developed to serve local ...
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