Specialist-led bereavement service may help curb legal action after hospital deaths

(BMJ) Hospital bereavement services that are led by senior doctors and nurses and the person responsible for quality and safety may help to curb patient complaints and legal action in the wake of a difficult death, suggest the results of a pilot study, carried out at one NHS hospital trust and published online in the journal BMJ Supportive& Palliative Care.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news