Essence of Palliative Care and Cooperation between Core Hospital and Community Health Resources
- Author:
Seigo TAKANO
;
Masako KAMIYA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
2010;58(6):683-684
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Recently, palliative care has been provided by a team of health professionals organized within a core hospital in an area. But, the operation is limited because of shortages of doctors and nurses. Under the circumstances, the leaders of the palliative care team have to take it upon themselves to give education, conduct a survey, and enlighten community members on the idea of palliative care. Teamwork is most important for palliative care. In future, cooperation between the palliative care team and small-scale medical institutions including private practitioners will be more important.
