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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... social support , func- tional status , economic well - being , spiritual well - being , control over life , meeting life goals , and sexuality ( Keay et al . 1994 , McMillan and Mahon 1994a ) . McMillan and Mahon suggest that these ...
... social support , func- tional status , economic well - being , spiritual well - being , control over life , meeting life goals , and sexuality ( Keay et al . 1994 , McMillan and Mahon 1994a ) . McMillan and Mahon suggest that these ...
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... social networks decreased Four factors identified : social / spiritual ; psychological / emotional ; physical / functional ; financial . QoL scores were stable and reliable . Carers ' reports of patients QoL were lower and only ...
... social networks decreased Four factors identified : social / spiritual ; psychological / emotional ; physical / functional ; financial . QoL scores were stable and reliable . Carers ' reports of patients QoL were lower and only ...
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... social work intervention , since 87 % of experimental group needed social worker in response to survey Problems identified were partially caused by carrying out trial after the service had been operational for 18 months Possibility of ...
... social work intervention , since 87 % of experimental group needed social worker in response to survey Problems identified were partially caused by carrying out trial after the service had been operational for 18 months Possibility of ...
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