Improving terminal care at home: can district nurses act as catalysts?
- 1 June 1995
- journal article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in European Journal of Cancer Care
- Vol. 4 (2), 80-85
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2354.1995.tb00061.x
Abstract
District nurses from eight general practices in Devon attended a 3-day course on 'Improving terminal care for cancer patients at home'. The course was learner-centred. It was designed to motivate the nurses to introduce management changes aimed at improving terminal care in the practices in which they worked. Follow-up over 3 years showed that in each practice improved communication had taken place between the nurses and doctors. The doctors had greater understanding of the nurses' roles and skills.Keywords
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