How to improve end of life care in acute hospitals
Merryn Gott Senior lecturer, University of Sheffield
Clare Gardiner Research associate, University of Sheffield
Tony Ryan Lecturer, University of Sheffield
Bill Noble Consultant/senior lecturer in palliative medicine, University of Sheffield
Jane Seymour Sue Ryder Care professor, Palliative and end-of-life studies, University of Nottingham
Michael Bennett Professor, Palliative medicine, Lancaster University
Mark Cobb Clinical director of professional services, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
A greater emphasis on palliative care provision can help counter failures that lead to the poor care of older people who end their lives in hospital, argue Merryn Gott and colleagues
This article highlights the need to improve care for older people dying in acute hospitals. It discusses the role that nurses have to play in promoting better care and making necessary changes easier.
Nursing Older People.
21, 7, 26-29.
doi: 10.7748/nop2009.09.21.7.26.c7278
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