BMJ supportive & palliative care
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BMJ Support Palliat Care · Mar 2020
Common care practices among effective community-based specialist palliative care teams: a qualitative study.
Evidence has shown that, despite wide variation in models of care, community-based specialist palliative care teams can improve outcomes and reduce acute care use at end of life. The goal of this study was to explore similarities in care practices among effective and diverse specialist teams to inform the development of other community-based teams. ⋯ Despite wide variation in models of care among community-based specialist palliative care teams, this large qualitative study identified several common themes in care practices that can guide the development of other teams.