Add to ORKGHow to extend palliative care services to all patients needing them is an issue currently exercising a range of bodies in contemporary Britain. This paper first considers the evidence regarding the needs of dying patients with long term conditions other than cancer and concludes that there is evidence to support their presumed need for palliative care. It then considers five potential barriers to extending specialist palliative care services to non-cancer patients in Britain. These are the skill base of current specialists in palliative care, difficulties in identifying candidates for specialist palliative care, the views of potential users of these services, resource implications and vested interests in present health service arrangements....
Palliative care and hospices have developed rapidly since the late 1960s. The pioneering work of Cic...
Ghana’s chronic disease burden is on the rise. An essential aspect of clinical care in chronic disea...
This paper explores the continuities and discontinuities in recent policy on the extension of pallia...
Aim. The aim of this paper is to consider alternative approaches to service delivery for patients wi...
Key words: palliative care; hospices; health care needs and demands; health services accessibility; ...
-Palliative care, since its inception over 60 years ago, has set the standard of how to care for peo...
Recognition and education: It is important to ensure the inclusion within palliative care of chroni...
This chapter provides assistance for those purchasing palliative care services. The analysis is base...
Introduction. Palliative care is primarily concerned with improving the quality of life of patients ...
Many people who might benefit from specialist palliative care services are not using them.We examine...
Abstract: The objective of this research was to determine whether consultant physicians would consid...
In resource-rich countries, chronic complex diseases have largely replaced acute causes of disabilit...
In the recent decade quite a few countries and regions legalised physician assisted death. While pal...
Disparities in access to health care also extend to the end-of-life care. Despite the general princi...
Since its inception in the 1960s, hospice care has been primarily focused on the care of terminally ...
Palliative care and hospices have developed rapidly since the late 1960s. The pioneering work of Cic...
Ghana’s chronic disease burden is on the rise. An essential aspect of clinical care in chronic disea...
This paper explores the continuities and discontinuities in recent policy on the extension of pallia...
Aim. The aim of this paper is to consider alternative approaches to service delivery for patients wi...
Key words: palliative care; hospices; health care needs and demands; health services accessibility; ...
-Palliative care, since its inception over 60 years ago, has set the standard of how to care for peo...
Recognition and education: It is important to ensure the inclusion within palliative care of chroni...
This chapter provides assistance for those purchasing palliative care services. The analysis is base...
Introduction. Palliative care is primarily concerned with improving the quality of life of patients ...
Many people who might benefit from specialist palliative care services are not using them.We examine...
Abstract: The objective of this research was to determine whether consultant physicians would consid...
In resource-rich countries, chronic complex diseases have largely replaced acute causes of disabilit...
In the recent decade quite a few countries and regions legalised physician assisted death. While pal...
Disparities in access to health care also extend to the end-of-life care. Despite the general princi...
Since its inception in the 1960s, hospice care has been primarily focused on the care of terminally ...
Palliative care and hospices have developed rapidly since the late 1960s. The pioneering work of Cic...
Ghana’s chronic disease burden is on the rise. An essential aspect of clinical care in chronic disea...
This paper explores the continuities and discontinuities in recent policy on the extension of pallia...