Palliative medicine
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Palliative medicine · Dec 2012
ReviewUsing observation as a data collection method to help understand patient and professional roles and actions in palliative care settings.
Observational research methods are important for understanding people's actions, roles and behaviour. However, these techniques are underused generally in healthcare research, including research in the palliative care field. ⋯ Qualitative observational data collection methods can contribute to theoretical and conceptual development and the explanation of social processes in palliative care. In particular this contribution to understanding care structures and processes should improve understanding of patients' experiences of their care journey and thus impact on care outcomes.
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Palliative medicine · Dec 2012
ReviewEstablishing hospice care for prison populations: An integrative review assessing the UK and USA perspective.
models of care based on the hospice model have delivered effective support to dying people since their inception. Over the last 20 years this form of care has also been introduced into the prison system (mainly in the United States) to afford terminally ill inmates the right to die with dignity. ⋯ the provision of palliative care for the increasing prison population remains under-researched globally, with a notable lack of evidence from the United Kingdom.