• Aims and objectives ; Conduct of the review ; The problems of conducting research in palliative care ; Patterns of use for services ; The need for palliative care ; Models of palliative care ; Costs and benefits ; Contemporary models for palliative care nursing ; Patient and carer satisfaction ; The impact on quality of life ; The wider implications ; Palliative Care in Hospital ; Care for patients with cancer or other conditions ; Implications of the fi ndings for health services ; Bibliography

'...a valuable resource for all professionals working in specialist palliative care: those responsible for developing current service provision, commissioners of healthcare, providers applying the palliative care approach to all areas of healthcare, anyone undertaking further study in palliative care and researchers looking for new areas of palliative care to study. This is a comprehensive book that looks at the key questions facing everyone involved in palliative

• Aims and objectives ; Conduct of the review ; The problems of conducting research in palliative care ; Patterns of use for services ; The need for palliative care ; Models of palliative care ; Costs and benefits ; Contemporary models for palliative care nursing ; Patient and carer satisfaction ; The impact on quality of life ; The wider implications ; Palliative Care in Hospital ; Care for patients with cancer or other conditions ; Implications of the fi ndings for health services ; Bibliography

'...a valuable resource for all professionals working in specialist palliative care: those responsible for developing current service provision, commissioners of healthcare, providers applying the palliative care approach to all areas of healthcare, anyone undertaking further study in palliative care and researchers looking for new areas of palliative care to study. This is a comprehensive book that looks at the key questions facing everyone involved in palliative

• Aims and objectives ; Conduct of the review ; The problems of conducting research in palliative care ; Patterns of use for services ; The need for palliative care ; Models of palliative care ; Costs and benefits ; Contemporary models for palliative care nursing ; Patient and carer satisfaction ; The impact on quality of life ; The wider implications ; Palliative Care in Hospital ; Care for patients with cancer or other conditions ; Implications of the fi ndings for health services ; Bibliography

'...a valuable resource for all professionals working in specialist palliative care: those responsible for developing current service provision, commissioners of healthcare, providers applying the palliative care approach to all areas of healthcare, anyone undertaking further study in palliative care and researchers looking for new areas of palliative care to study. This is a comprehensive book that looks at the key questions facing everyone involved in palliative