The utility of a shortened palliative care screening tool to predict death within 12 months – a prospective observational study in two south African hospitals with a high HIV burden

The utility of a shortened palliative care screening tool to predict death within 12 months – a prospective observational study in two south African hospitals with a high HIV burden

Abstract Background Timely identification of people who are at risk of dying is an important first component of end-of-life care. Clinicians often fail to identify such patients, thus trigger tools have been developed to assist in this process. We aimed to evaluate the performance of a identificatio...

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Main Authors: Peter J. Raubenheimer, Cascia Day, Faried Abdullah, Katherine Manning, Clint Cupido, Jonny Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
Subjects:
Palliative care
Prognosis
Hospitilization
Clinical decision-making
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-019-0487-5

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