Centre for Policy on Ageing
 

 
Outcome measures in palliative care
Author(s)Irene Higginson
Corporate AuthorWorking Party on Clinical Guidelines in Palliative Care, National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services - NCHSPCS
PublisherNCHSPCS, London, 1995
Pages12 pp
KeywordsTerminal care ; Quality of life ; Measurement.
AnnotationIn palliative care, outcomes cannot be measured using mortality or disability. Rather outcomes need to reflect: the patient's quality of life; quality of dying; the needs of the family; and bereavement outcome. Although none are perfect, many measures have been developed for palliative care, and are reviewed in this document. No single measure is recommended; several are sufficiently tested and could be piloted locally through agreement between purchasers and providers.
Accession NumberCPA-970716209 P
ClassmarkLV: F:59: 3R

Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing
...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing.
 
CPA home >> Ageinfo Database >> Queries to: webmaster@cpa.org.uk