A novel care guide for personalised palliative care - a national initiative for improved quality of care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Even when palliative care is an integrated part of the healthcare system, the quality is still substandard for many patients and often initiated too late. There is a lack of structured guidelines for identifying and caring for patients; in particular for those with early palliative care needs. A care guide can act as a compass for best practice and support the care of patients throughout their palliative trajectory. Such a guide should both meet the needs of health care professionals and patients and families, facilitating discussion around end-of-life decision-making and enabling them to plan for the remaining time in life. The aim of this article is to describe the development and pilot testing of a novel Swedish palliative care guide.

Methods

The Swedish Pallia

SUBMITTER: Birgisdottir D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8582140 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature