Cancer Care
New research on cancer care from B. Jack and co-authors summarized
Published in Cancer Weekly, September 14th, 2010
Researchers detail in 'Dying at home: community nurses' views on the impact of informal carers on cancer patients' place of death,' new data in cancer care. According to recent research from Ormskirk, the United Kingdom, "Giving patients with cancer a choice in where they want to die including the choice to die at home if they so wish, underpin the recent UK government policies and is embedded in the End of Life Care Programme. However, this presents increasing challenges for the informal carers particularly with an increasingly aging population."
"Despite the policy initiatives, there remain a persistent number of patients with cancer who had chosen to die at home...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2010-09-14)
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