Open AccessBarriers to effective use of palliative care services in the acute care setting with emphasis on terminal noncancer diseases
Author(s) -
Randol Kennedy,
Nabilah Abdullah,
Rhajarshi Bhadra,
Nana Osei Bonsu,
Mojtaba Fayezizadeh,
Harold L. Ickes
Publication year - 2019
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/ijpc.ijpc_201_18
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , specialty , palliative care , family medicine , terminal cancer , medical prescription , hospice care , medline , modalities , nursing , social science , sociology , political science , law
This study assessed the views of nurses, resident doctors, and attending physicians of the use of a readily available pain and palliative care specialty at their institution while assessing their ability to recognize terminal noncancer illnesses.