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An innovative development programme for consultants to improve patient care in the last months of life

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: > Knowing is not enough: we must apply. Being willing is not enough, we must do > > Leonardo Da Vinci Around half the annual 600,000 deaths in England occur in hospital, with an average of 30 days spent as inpatients during the last year of life, over several admissions.[1][1] Forty per cent of

Source: Clinical Medicine

DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-3-299

Authors: Laura McTague, Annette Edwards, Kathryn Winterburn, Fiona Hicks

Institutions: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Health Education England

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: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,500