Extent of palliative care need in the acute hospital setting: A survey of two acute hospitals in the UK

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-83

  Gardiner, Clare ^a   Gott, Merryn ^b   Ingleton, Christine ^c   Seymour, Jane ^d   Cobb, Mark ^e   Noble, Bill ^c   Bennett, Mike ^f   Ryan, Tony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute hospital; generalist palliative care; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HOSPITAL; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSENSUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GOLD STANDARDS FRAMEWORK PROGNOSIS INDICATOR; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN NEEDS; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASM; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84871546996     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216312447592     Document Type: Review

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