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| Barriers to providing palliative care for older people in acute hospitals | | Author(s) | Clare Gardiner, Mark Cobb, Merryn Gott, Christine Ingleton |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 40, no 2, March 2011 |
| Pages | pp 233-242 |
| Source | http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/ http://www.bgs.org.uk/ |
| Keywords | In-patients ; Hospital services ; Terminal care ; Attitude ; Medical workers. |
| Annotation | The study aimed to explore the perspectives of health professionals regarding barriers to optimal palliative care for older people in acute hospitals. 58 health professionals participated in eight focus groups and four semi-structured interviews. Participants identified various barriers to palliative care provision for older people, including attitudinal differences to the care of older people, a focus on curative treatments within hospitals and a lack of resources. Participants also reported differing understandings of whose responsibility it was to provide palliative care for older people, and uncertainly over the roles of specialist and generalist palliative care providers in acute hospitals. Concludes that additional research is required to further explore age-related issues contributing to poor access to palliative care. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110323007 A |
| Classmark | LF7: LD: LV: DP: QT |
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