Specialist palliative care support is associated with improved pain relief at home during the last 3 months of life in patients with advanced disease: analysis of 5-year data from the national survey of bereaved people (VOICES)

Specialist palliative care support is associated with improved pain relief at home during the last 3 months of life in patients with advanced disease: analysis of 5-year data from the national survey of bereaved people (VOICES)

Abstract Background Studies have shown that more than half of patients with advanced progressive diseases approaching the end-of-life report pain and that pain relief for these patients is poorest at home compared to other care settings such as acute care facilities and hospice. Although home is the...

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Main Authors: Yousuf ElMokhallalati, Natalie Woodhouse, Tracey Farragher, Michael I. Bennett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Palliative care
Pain management
Advance care planning
Home
Quality of Life
End-of-life care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-019-1287-8

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