Palliative care is not same as end of life care

The provision of palliative care should depend on need not prognosis. 3 However, focus group participants considered palliative care as synonymous with end of life care; this seems not to have been challenged or considered a core theme. The authors highlight the focus on cure within acute hospitals,...

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Published in:BMJ 2011-05, Vol.342 (7806), p.1041-1041
Main Authors: Reid, Colette M, Gibbins, Jane, McCoubrie, Rachel, Forbes, Karen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Hospice care
Humans
Medical specialists
Palliative care
Palliative Care - organization & administration
Patient admissions
Primary care
Terminal Care - organization & administration
Terminology as Topic
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Summary:The provision of palliative care should depend on need not prognosis. 3 However, focus group participants considered palliative care as synonymous with end of life care; this seems not to have been challenged or considered a core theme. The authors highlight the focus on cure within acute hospitals, which reinforces...
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.d2735