A Hospital Palliative Care Ward for Elderly People
- 1 September 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Age and Ageing
- Vol. 20 (5) , 361-364
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/20.5.361
Abstract
In order to improve inpatient facilities for terminal care for elderly people, a special ward has been opened to maximize the quality of remaining life and to achieve 'death with dignity'. The ward is based within a geriatric department and in a District General Hospital. The work of the first year is described. It is considered to have been successful.Keywords
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