Prediction of appropriate timing of palliative care for older adults with non-malignant life-threatening disease: a systematic review | Zendy

Peter Coventry | Zendy; Gunn Grande | Zendy; David Richards | Zendy; Chris Todd | Zendy

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Prediction of appropriate timing of palliative care for older adults with non-malignant life-threatening disease: a systematic review

Author(s) -

Peter Coventry,

Gunn Grande,

David Richards,

Chris Todd

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afi054

Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , disease , intensive care medicine , gerontology , nursing

most people in contemporary western society die of the chronic diseases of old age. Whilst palliative care is appropriate for elderly patients with chronic, non-malignant disease, few of these patients access such care compared with cancer patients. Objective referral criteria based on accurate estimation of survival may facilitate more timely referral of non-cancer patients most appropriate for specialist palliative care.

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