Providing a Palliative Care Service Towards an Evidence Base
Heftet /
1999
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780192629913
Publisert
1999
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
414 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288
This book addresses key questions about the need for palliative care, the current provision of services and the evidence for the effectiveness of a range of alternative models of organisation in pallitaive care. A broad approach is taken to include the needs of both cancer patients and patients with other terminal diseases and the relationship between palliative care and other aspects of health care services. The book is based on a comprehensive and detailed review of the international scientific literature on evaluation of palliative care, providing an essential evidence base for policy decisions.
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This text addresses questions about the need for palliative care, the provision of services and the evidence for the effectiveness of alternative models of organisation in palliative care. It is based on a detailed review of the international scientific literature on evaluation of palliative care.
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Aims and objectives ; Conduct of the review ; The problems of conducting research in palliative care ; Patterns of use for services ; The need for palliative care ; Models of palliative care ; Costs and benefits ; Contemporary models for palliative care nursing ; Patient and carer satisfaction ; The impact on quality of life ; The wider implications ; Palliative Care in Hospital ; Care for patients with cancer or other conditions ; Implications of the fi ndings for health services ; Bibliography
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'...a valuable resource for all professionals working in specialist palliative care: those responsible for developing current service provision, commissioners of healthcare, providers applying the palliative care approach to all areas of healthcare, anyone undertaking further study in palliative care and researchers looking for new areas of palliative care to study. This is a comprehensive book that looks at the key questions facing everyone involved in palliative
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`'...a valuable resource for all professionals working in specialist palliative care: those responsible for developing current service provision, commissioners of healthcare, providers applying the palliative care approach to all areas of healthcare, anyone undertaking further study in palliative care and researchers looking for new areas of palliative care to study. This is a comprehensive book that looks at the key questions facing everyone involved in
palliative'
Health Service Journal.
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Unique summary of the information currently available
Provides an evidence base for decisions about the most appropriate and cost-effectiveprovision of end-of life care
Looks at both studies on patients with terminal cancer, and also those in other clinical specialties including HIV medicine, geriatrics and neurology where the provision of palliative care is increasing
Providing a baseline of information for analysis and starting further research
Les mer
Unique summary of the information currently available
Provides an evidence base for decisions about the most appropriate and cost-effectiveprovision of end-of life care
Looks at both studies on patients with terminal cancer, and also those in other clinical specialties including HIV medicine, geriatrics and neurology where the provision of palliative care is increasing
Providing a baseline of information for analysis and starting further research
Les mer
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780192629913
Publisert
1999
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
414 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288