1. Implementation of a palliative care team in an Austrian university hospital
- Author
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Julijana Verebes, Imke Strohscheer, and Hellmut Samonigg
- Subjects
Patient Care Team ,Terminal Care ,Palliative care ,Nursing staff ,business.industry ,Nursing research ,Pain medicine ,Palliative Care ,University hospital ,Documentation ,Oncology ,Palliative care.team ,Nursing ,Austria ,Neoplasms ,Medicine ,Humans ,Program Development ,business ,Specialist palliative care ,Retrospective Studies - Abstract
Implementation of hospital-based palliative care team is a new subject in German-speaking areas, especially in university hospitals. Our Section of Palliative Care was subsequently built up to a 12-bed palliative care unit, a home-based, and a hospital-based palliative care team. Analysis of the implementation strategies, development of the working profile, and documentation of the hospital-based palliative care team were done. During the first 2 years, quality and number of inquiries for palliative care increased significantly. In our opinion, a high degree of expertise, involvement of the nursing staff, and personal contact play a key role for a successful implementation of a palliative care team in a large university hospital.
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- 2005