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An audit of referring patterns for cancer patients to the Palliative Care Unit in 2 Military Hospital, by means of a retrospective evaluation of the percentage of referrals adhering to a given standard, and evaluation of possible barriers

Year: 2002

Type: dissertation

Abstract: The 2 Military Hospital Palliative Care unit seeks to provide high quality, holistic palliative care to all patients suffering from life-threatening diseases. This care should be initiated early after diagnosis, to prevent unnecessary suffering and allowing the patient and the family to be part of the decision making process. However, the majority of the cancer patients are either referred very late in the disease process or are not referred at all. The purpose of this study was to enumerate the percentage of patients who were not referred to the palliative care unit; to identify possible barriers to referral within referring doctors and to promote the role of the palliative care unit.

Source: Open University of Cape Town (University of Cape Town)

Author: Mari Engelbrecht

Language: English

Topic: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1171010418

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