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

Author

Gardiner, Clare, Gott, Merryn, Ingleton, Christine, Seymour, Jane, Cobb, Mark, Noble, Bill, Bennett, Mike, and Ryan, Tony

Subjects
*CRITICAL care medicine, *HOSPITALS, *INTERVIEWING, *MEDICAL quality control, *NEEDS assessment, *PALLIATIVE treatment, *QUESTIONNAIRES, *RESEARCH funding, *STATISTICS, *SOCIOECONOMIC factors, *CROSS-sectional method, *DATA analysis software, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Abstract

The article discusses a survey of palliative care need undertaken in two Great Britain hospitals to explore the extent of palliative care need. It also explores the agreement between medical professionals, nursing professionals and Gold Standards Framework(GSF) in the identification of such patients. According to GSF, over a third of hospital in-patients meet the criteria to palliative care need but consensus in identification of patients was poor.

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2013
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