Open AccessThe palliative care information act and access to palliative care in terminally ill patients: A retrospective study
Author(s) -
Kitty Victoria,
Shivani Patel
Publication year - 2016
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 - 10.4103/0973-1075.191774
Subject(s) - palliative care , terminally ill , medicine , scope (computer science) , legislation , critically ill , terminal care , end of life care , retrospective cohort study , medical record , nursing , family medicine , intensive care medicine , law , computer science , political science , programming language
Studies have shown that over 50% of end-of-life discussions take place for the first time in the hospital and that terminally ill patients often have unrealistic views regarding the possible scope of treatment. The Palliative Care information Act (PCIA) was passed in an attempt to address the lack of access for terminally ill patients to palliative care services. A multi-database systematic review was performed on published studies from 2010 to present, and there were none found measuring the effectiveness of the PCIA.