The role of the palliative care unit in the organization of services to patients with cancer

Autor: Robert J Dickson, EJ Maher, L. Barton, J. Ashby
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Palliative Medicine. 4:293-298
ISSN: 1477-030X
0269-2163
DOI: 10.1177/026921639000400407
Popis: Each health district in the UK aims to provide services for cancer patients from the time of diagnosis to death. The role of the palliative care unit in district-based cancer management is still developing. This paper presents data which were part of an informal study investigating areas of uncertainty, dissatisfaction and controversy perceived by both patients and health-care professionals about local services for patients with breast cancer within a single health district. In this report we consider attitudes to the provision of terminal care for these patients and discuss implications for the integration of a palliative care unit in district-based cancer management.
Databáze: OpenAIRE