Communication between family carers and health professionals about end-of-life care for older people in the acute hospital setting: a qualitative study

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Communication between family carers and health professionals about end-of-life care for older people in the acute hospital setting: a qualitative study

Background: This paper focuses on communication between hospital staff and family carers of patients dying on acute hospital wards, with an emphasis on the family carers’ perspective. The age at which people in the UK die is increasing and many continue to die in the acute hospital setting. Concerns...

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Main Authors:	Caswell, Glenys, Pollock, Kristian, Harwood, Rowan, Porock, Davina
Format:	Article
Published:	BioMed Central 2015
Subjects:	Acute hospital Compliance Concordance End of life care Family caregivers Family carers Older people Staff-carer communication
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34321/

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