Evaluating Palliative Care : Establishing the Evidence Base

ISBN-13: 9780192626219 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 192 str.

Dr Margaret Robbins

Opis

Evaluating Palliative Care: Establishing the Evidence Base provides an introduction to the theory and practice of the evaluation of palliati ve care services. It examines the methodological issues involved in th e evaluation of palliative care, and outlines a practical approach tha t is readily applicable to many other health care interventions. In pa rticular, research issues involving terminally ill patients and their carers are analysed and discussed, and approaches suggested for future work.

Recenzje

This short text provides an introduction to the theory and practice of the evaluation of palliative-care services.

O autorze

Dr Margaret Robbins is based at the Department of Palliative Medicine, Bristol Oncology Centre, University of Bristol, UK. She has spent the last decade researching various aspects of care for the dying and the bereaved and evaluating palliative care.