Visioning for secondary palliative care service hubs in rural communities: a qualitative case study from British Columbia's interior.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the populations of many developed nations continue to age at rapid rates it is becoming increasingly important to enhance palliative care service delivery in order to meet anticipated demand. Rural areas face a number of challenges in doing this, and thus dedicated attention must be given to determining how to best enhance service delivery in ways that are sensitive to their particular needs. The purposes of this article are to determine the vision for establishing secondary palliative care service hubs (SPCH) in rural communities through undertaking a case study, and to ascertain the criteria that need to be considered when siting such hubs.

Methods

A rural region of British Columbia, Canada was selected for primary data collection, which took place over a fiv

SUBMITTER: Crooks VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2763848 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature