What does palliative day care mean to you?

Dosser, Isabel; Nicol, Jackie

Abstract

Palliative day care essentially provides specialist, multidisciplinary care incorporating physical, social and psychological support as well as spiritual care in an holistic manner. It also, given the opportunity, addresses the definition and principles of palliative care as described by the World Health Organization (WHO). This recent definition has now been expanded to include caring for patients with non-malignant disease and the need for carer support. However, palliative day care, like palliative care, means different things to different people.

Citation

Dosser, I., & Nicol, J. (2005). What does palliative day care mean to you?. European journal of palliative care, 13, (152-155). ISSN 1352-2779

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2006
• Deposit Date: Mar 5, 2013
• Print ISSN: 1352-2779
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 13
• Pages: 152-155
• Keywords: Palliative day care; holistic care
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5964