What "best practice" could be in Palliative Care: an analysis of statements on practice and ethics expressed by the main Health Organizations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In palliative care it would be necessary to refer to a model. Nevertheless it seems that there are no official statements which state and describe that model. We carried out an analysis of the statements on practice and ethics of palliative care expressed by the main health organizations to show which dimensions of end-of-life care are taken into consideration.

Methods

The official documents by the most representative health organisations committed to the definition of policies and guidelines for palliative and end-of-life care had been considered. The documents were analysed through a framework of the components of end-of-life care derived from literature, which was composed of 4 main "areas" and of 12 "sub-areas".

Results

Overall, 34 organizations were id

SUBMITTER: Barazzetti G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2823604 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature