Specialist palliative care until the very end of life - reports of family caregivers and the multiprofessional team
Anneke Ullrich,
Sven Goldbach,
Wiebke Hollburg
et al.
Abstract:Background
Specialist palliative care (SPC) includes care for incurably ill patients and their family caregivers at home or on a palliative care ward until the very end of life. However, in the last days of life, patients can rarely express their needs and little is known about SPC outcomes as reported by multiprofessional SPC teams and family caregivers.
Methods
Using the Palliative Care Outcome Scale (POS; Score 0–40), proxy assessments of SPC ou… Show more
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