Caring for the dying patient at home
GM, 36, March, 2006
Although surveys show that around three-quarters of terminally ill patients want to die at
home, currently only about a quarter of them actually do so. However, with well co-ordinated
palliative care management, primary care teams are well placed to improve these fi gures.
Dr Edin Lakasing and Wendy Mahaffey review the different strategies for ensuring the dying
patient’s wish to die at home is realised.
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