How to Manage Hospital-Based Palliative Care Teams Without Full-Time Palliative Care Physicians in Designated Cancer Care Hospitals: A Qualitative Study.
Am J Hosp Palliat Care
; 33(6): 520-6, 2016 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To clarify how highly active hospital palliative care teams can provide efficient and effective care regardless of the lack of full-time palliative care physicians.METHODS:
Semistructured focus group interviews were conducted, and content analysis was performed.RESULTS:
A total of 7 physicians and 6 nurses participated. We extracted 209 codes from the transcripts and organized them into 3 themes and 21 categories, which were classified as follows (1) tips for managing palliative care teams efficiently and effectively (7 categories); (2) ways of acquiring specialist palliative care expertise (9 categories); and (3) ways of treating symptoms that are difficult to alleviate (5 categories).CONCLUSIONS:
The findings of this study can be used as a nautical chart of hospital-based palliative care team (HPCT) without full-time PC physician. Full-time nurses who have high management and coordination abilities play a central role in resource-limited HPCTs.Palabras clave
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cuidados Paliativos
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Grupo de Atención al Paciente
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Médicos
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Instituciones Oncológicas
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Personal de Salud
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Hosp Palliat Care
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón