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[One successful end-of-life home care handled by three physicians]
Chisako Ito1, Junichiro Miyachi, Mikio Wada
1Kawasaki Total Care Center Municipal Ida Hospital.
Abstract:
Aging population has been advancing in Ito city located in the northern part of Izu peninsula. Many elderly people are hoping to receive an end-of-life care at home, but there is no home care section in Ito municipal hospital, a flagship hospital in this region. One of the end-stage leukemia patients of our hospital hoped to die at home. We report a case that three physicians joined together to take care of this terminal patient with a cooperation from nurses, home-visit nursing care station and a care manager.
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