Open AccessImpact of specialist home-based palliative care services in a tertiary oncology set up: A prospective non-randomized observational study
Author(s) -
Sunil Dhiliwal,
Maryann Muckaden
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.150170
Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , referral , psychosocial , observational study , distress , quality of life (healthcare) , family medicine , nursing , psychiatry , clinical psychology
Home-based specialist palliative care services are developed to meet the needs of the patients in advanced stage of cancer at home with physical symptoms and distress. Specialist home care services are intended to improve symptom control and quality of life, enable patients to stay at home, and avoid unnecessary hospital admission.