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Michael Philip Tapley1, Loren Pilling, David Jolley
1Willow Wood Hospice, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire.
Abstract:
This is the first of two articles about improving end of life care for terminally ill patients in a district general hospital. The article describes a hospice transfer service developed by joint working between staff at a medical assessment unit and a hospice to improve end of life care for patients who otherwise might die in the medical assessment unit. It discusses the care received by patients in both settings, and the practicalities of offering patients the option of rapid transfer to the hospice for end of life care, where the emphasis of care is on palliation not acute intervention. The second article explores the ethical, legal and practical considerations involved in developing the service.
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