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Recognising and managing dying patients in the acute hospital setting: can we do better?

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dc.contributor.authorGunasekaran, Bharathy
dc.contributor.authorScott, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorDucharlet, Kathryn
dc.contributor.authorMarco, David
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Imogen
dc.contributor.authorWeil, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-27T05:12:30Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.updated2019-11-25T07:57:50Z
dc.description.abstractHealthcare professionals have limited formal end-of-life care training despite the large proportion of hospital deaths. A retrospective review of 201 acute hospital deaths revealed 166 (82.6%) had documentation to suggest the patient was dying but this was performed late with a median time between documentation and death of 0.84 days. Furthermore, 132 (66%) patients received an intervention in the final 48 h of life. This highlights the need to improve the recognition and management of dying patients in acute hospitalsen_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was part of a multi-centre ‘Understanding of End-of-life Care in Acute Hospital Study’ that was partly funded by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1444-0903en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/203415
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherBlackwell Science Asiaen_AU
dc.rights© 2019 Royal Australasian College of Physiciansen_AU
dc.sourceInternal Medicine Journalen_AU
dc.subjectend-of-life care, recognising dying, death, communication, education.en_AU
dc.titleRecognising and managing dying patients in the acute hospital setting: can we do better?en_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage122en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage119en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationGunasekaran, Bharathy, St Vincent’s Hospitalen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationScott, Caroline, St Vincent's Hospitalen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationDucharlet, Kathryn, St Vincent's Hospitalen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMarco, David, The University of Melbourneen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMitchell, Imogen, College of Health and Medicine, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationWeil, Jennifer, Centre for Palliative Careen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidMitchell, Imogen, u4549604en_AU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor111799 - Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classifieden_AU
local.identifier.absseo920211 - Palliative Careen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu5234101xPUB275en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume49en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1111/imj.14177en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.wiley.com/en-gben_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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