Palliative care need and management in the acute hospital setting: a census of one New Zealand Hospital.

Gott, Caryl; Frey, Rosemary; Raphael, Deborah; O'Callaghan, Anne; Robinson, Jacqualine; Boyd, Michal

Palliative care need and management in the acute hospital setting: a census of one New Zealand Hospital.

Gott, Caryl ; Frey, Rosemary ; Raphael, Deborah ; O'Callaghan, Anne ; Robinson, Jacqualine ; Boyd, Michal

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/20991

Issue Date: 2013

Reference: BMC Palliative Care 12:8 pages Article number 15 2013

Rights (URI): https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm

Abstract:

Improving palliative care management in acute hospital settings has been identified as a priority internationally. The aim of this study was to establish the proportion of inpatients within one acute hospital in New Zealand who meet prognostic criteria for palliative care need and explore key aspects of their management.

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