• Aust Fam Physician · Jul 1994

    Palliative care in the home. The GP/home hospice team.

    • M Smith and K Yuen.
    • Silver Chain Hospice Care Service, Osborne Park, Australia.
    • Aust Fam Physician. 1994 Jul 1;23(7):1260-5.

    AbstractThe family doctor has always had a significant role in caring for terminally ill patients. Giving support to patients in their last few weeks or hours of life can be an emotionally demanding, clinically frustrating, time-consuming task. The advent of home palliative care services has given patients, families and doctors access to a home hospice team that can provide invaluable support.

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