This paper outlines the principles of palliative care (PC) provision for sick children at home, in the UK. The differences between home and hospital with regard to the illness and availability and type of services and equipment are discussed. The need to plan for the availability of appropriate...
Palliative Care in UK Prisonsdoi:10.1177/1078345816684847end-of-life carepalliative careprisonfrail older adultsMary Turner1Faculty of Health and MedicineMarian Peacock1Faculty of Health and MedicineJournal of Correctional Health Care
Our aim was to evaluate a palliative home-care... D Goldschmidt,M Groenvold,AT Johnsen,... - 《Palliat Med》 被引量: 74发表: 2005年 Are UK primary care teams formally identifying patients for palliative care before they die? The palliative care approach has the potential to improve care ...
UK programme shows promise but services also need adequate investmentPrimary care has a vital role in delivering palliative care.1 2 In most developed countries more people die in hospital than at home,3 although substantially more people would prefer to die at home.4 Primary care professionals pl...
The warning is supported by senior palliative care doctors who stress that any debate around assisted dying must address these failings or the country’s end of life care will continue to fail patients
《Palliative Day Care in Practice》是2001年出版的图书，作者是Myers, Kathryn、 Hearns, Julie、 Hearn, Julie。内容简介 Day care for people with advanced diseases is one of the most rapidly expanding components of palliative care in the UK, and is increasingly a focus of new service development ...
Care challenges of home health patients living with dementia: a pathway forward with palliative care Regional perspectives on the coordination and delivery of paediatric end-of-life care in the UK: a qualitative study Barriers and facilitators of electronic patient-reported outcome measures (e-PROMs)...
Palliative and end of life care topics have traditionally not been in nursing school curricula. Only in recent years have these been included. The aim of this research was to determine the current status of such an emphasis in programmes in the United Kingdom (UK). A mailed survey in 2006...
Maintaining a normal life for as long as possible, being in familiar surroundings cared for by a relative, and supported by health professionals well known to them, have all been found to be aspects of home care services valued by patients and carers. Home is, therefore, both the place wher...
Current regulations prohibit the prescription of injectable forms of controlled substances, including opioids and other centrally acting medications, for non-hospitalized patients. This poses a challenge to providing end-of-life care at home for patients who prefer this option, as we are unable to in...