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Issues in prison hospice — toward a model for the delivery of hospice care in a correctional setting
Author(s)	Fleet W Maull
Journal title	The Hospice Journal, vol 13, no 4, 1998
Pages	pp 57-82
Source	Haworth Document Delivery Center, The Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA.
Keywords	Terminal care ; Management [care] ; Prison ; United States of America.
Annotation	Issues in prison hospice care are examined, based on the author's nine years experience as a prison hospice worker and trainer, and on data gathered by the US National Prison Hospice Association (NPHA). The paper discusses "do not resuscitate" (DNR) orders and curative vs palliative care decisions, pain management, AIDS care, interdisciplinary care teams, staff and volunteer training and supervision, and the need for compassionate early release and community placement programmes. The author proposes a set of preliminary guidelines for the delivery of hospice care in the correctional setting. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-990223240 A
Classmark	LV: QA: TWP: 7T
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