The difference an end-of-life diagnosis makes: qualitative interviews with providers of community health care for frail older people.
CONCLUSION: End-of-life diagnosis is a first-class ticket to community care; people who die without such a diagnosis are potentially disadvantaged as regards care provision. Recognising this inequity should help policymakers and practitioners to mitigate it.
PMID: 32958536 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - Category: Primary Care Authors: Polak L, Hopkins S, Barclay S, Hoare S Tags: Br J Gen Pract Source Type: research
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