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- Title
A palliative-care intervention and death at home: a cluster randomised trial.
- Authors
Jordhøy, M S; Fayers, P; Saltnes, T; Ahlner-Elmqvist, M; Jannert, M; Kaasa, S
- Abstract
The Palliative Medicine Unit at University Hospital of Trondheim, Norway, started an intervention programme that aims to enable patients to spend more time at home and die there if they prefer. Close cooperation was needed with the community health-care professionals, who acted as the principal formal caregivers, and a multidisciplinary consultant team coordinated the care. We did a cluster randomised trial to assess the intervention's effectiveness compared with conventional care
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2000, Vol 356, Issue 9233, p888
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02678-7