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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... showed low demand from patients with cardiac failure ( Jones 1995 ) . In terms of immediate service use , most attention was on the issue of hospital admission in terminal care . One study showed a strong relationship between ...
... showed low demand from patients with cardiac failure ( Jones 1995 ) . In terms of immediate service use , most attention was on the issue of hospital admission in terminal care . One study showed a strong relationship between ...
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... showed gains in the last 3 months . This study was not randomized but of two groups comparable in diagnoses , sex , race , payer status , and age ( Mitchell et al . 1994 ) . The earlier studies in the 1980s seemed to have shifted the ...
... showed gains in the last 3 months . This study was not randomized but of two groups comparable in diagnoses , sex , race , payer status , and age ( Mitchell et al . 1994 ) . The earlier studies in the 1980s seemed to have shifted the ...
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... showed poor correlation between patients and doctors on a number of quality of life measures , with wide variability between different doctors ' assessments of the same patient . Several studies have shown that care - givers rate ...
... showed poor correlation between patients and doctors on a number of quality of life measures , with wide variability between different doctors ' assessments of the same patient . Several studies have shown that care - givers rate ...
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