Palliative Care in a Hospital Setting

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This paper deals with a presentation of the benefits to the hospital and the patient in the development of a palliative care program within a hospital setting. The implications for nursing and nursing leadership are primary focuses. This paper is presented as the beginnings of a research project, inclusive of survey and interview questions attached in the appendix.

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""Establishing a palliative care service can improve patient care and ease family concerns for patients who are hopelessly ill. For the hospital such services can improve utilization outcomes" (Meier, 2001). In hospitals that offer palliative care programs, emphasizing dignity and comfort over disease emphasis and medical treatment (Burton, 1998) substantial improvements in symptoms of pain, nausea, digestive upset, diarrhea, constipation and shortness of breath were demonstrated, as well as increased ratings of level of medical and supportive services (Meier, 2001). The World Health Organization defines palliative care as "the active, total care of patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment" (World Health Organization, 1990 as cited in Chrystal-Frances, 2003)."

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