Bennett, Michael I. and Alison, D. and Simpson, K. (1994) Care of dying patients in hospital Palliative care teams have helped. BMJ (British Medical Journal), 309. p. 1017.
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EDITOR, - It is disappointing that Mina Mills and colleagues make no comment in their paper on the care of dying patients in hospital about changes that may have led to improvements in the past decade.1 Their study showed a lack of nursing care for dying patients, but whether this poor standard of care was applied to all patients admitted to hospitals in the study is not clear. For example, what was the standard of care for patients with stroke or other chronic disability? A similar study performed 10 years after the original would have been useful in showing any improvements or otherwise in practice. Nursing care may still be a problem, but perhaps this reflects general attitudes and staffing levels rather than a specific failure to address the needs of dying patients.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | BMJ (British Medical Journal) |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Departments: | Faculty of Health and Medicine > Health Research |
| ID Code: | 32204 |
| Deposited By: | Mrs Yaling Zhang |
| Deposited On: | 12 Mar 2010 09:51 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 17:07 |
| Identification Number: | |
| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/32204 |
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