Journal article
A Shared Care Model Pilot for Palliative Home Care in A Rural Area: Impact on Symptoms, Distress, and Place of Death
Abstract
CONTEXT: Shared care models integrating family physician services with interdisciplinary palliative care specialist teams are critical to improve access to quality palliative home care and address multiple domains of end-of-life issues and needs.
OBJECTIVES: To examine the impact of a shared care pilot program on the primary outcomes of symptom severity and emotional distress (patient and family separately) over time and, secondarily, the …
Authors
Howell D; Marshall D; Brazil K; Taniguchi A; Howard M; Foster G; Thabane L
Journal
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 60–75
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
July 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.09.022
ISSN
0885-3924