Early Admission to Community-Based Palliative Care Reduces Use of Emergency Departments in the Ninety Days before Death
Background: Overcrowded emergency departments (EDs) and the staff within them are often not able to address the complex physical and psychosocial needs of people at the end of life. While some studies have suggested that the ED environment should be adapted and staff trained to address this issue, t...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc Publishers
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23098 |