Transitions to palliative care for older people in acute hospitals: a mixed-methods study

• Main Authors: M Gott (Author), C Ingleton (Author), C Gardiner (Author), N Richards (Author), M Cobb (Author), T Ryan (Author), B Noble (Author), M Bennett (Author), J Seymour (Author), S Ward (Author), C Parker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: National Institute for Health Research, 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Improving the provision of palliative and end-of-life care is a priority for the NHS. Ensuring an appropriately managed 'transition' to a palliative approach for care when patients are likely to be entering the last year of life is central to current policy. Acute hospitals rep...