Optimising palliative and end-of-life care within care home settings.
Journal article
Mitchell, G and Twycross, AM (2015). Optimising palliative and end-of-life care within care home settings. Evidence-Based Nursing. 19 (4). https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2015-102280
Authors | Mitchell, G and Twycross, AM |
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Abstract | The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined palliative care as an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual.1 Globally, it is estimated that every year over 20 million people will require palliative care at the end of life. Of these 69% are adults over 60 years. |
Keywords | Humans; Palliative Care; Terminal Care; Advance Care Planning; Home Health Nursing; Advance Care Planning; Home Health Nursing; Humans; Palliative Care; Terminal Care; 1103 Clinical Sciences |
Year | 2015 |
Journal | Evidence-Based Nursing |
Journal citation | 19 (4) |
Publisher | BMJ |
ISSN | 1468-9618 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2015-102280 |
Publication dates | |
15 Dec 2015 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 03 Jul 2017 |
Accepted | 15 Dec 2015 |
Accepted author manuscript | License |
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