Preventing crises in palliative care in the home. Role of family physicians and nurses. Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • With the current shift to community care, the need for palliative care in the home involving the family physician has increased. Potential causes of crises in the home care of the dying are identified. Strategies to prevent crises are suggested that rely on a team's providing comprehensive and anticipatory care.

publication date

  • March 1995