The hospital-based specialist palliative care service is the latest extension of the hospice movement in the UK, bringing the message of specialist palliative care back into the hospital setting. There are now over 200 palliative care services within the acute setting, including 76 specialist palliative carl teams. The composition, advantages and disadvantages of such teams are described, and the challenge and importance of evaluating these services are discussed.
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Univ Cambridge, Ctr Family Res, Cambridge CB2 3RF, EnglandUniv Cambridge, Ctr Family Res, Cambridge CB2 3RF, England
Ewing, Gail
Farquhar, Morag
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Univ Cambridge, Dept Publ Hlth & Primary Care, Gen Practice & Primary Care Res Unit, Cambridge CB2 3RF, EnglandUniv Cambridge, Ctr Family Res, Cambridge CB2 3RF, England
Farquhar, Morag
Booth, Sara
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Addenbrookes Hosp, Palliat Care Serv, Cambridge, EnglandUniv Cambridge, Ctr Family Res, Cambridge CB2 3RF, England