Paramedics' perceptions of their role in palliative care: analysis of focus group transcripts

Bill Lord; K Recoche; M O'Connor; P Yates; M Service

doi:10.1177/082585971202800106

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Paramedics' perceptions of their role in palliative care: analysis of focus group transcripts

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Paramedics' perceptions of their role in palliative care: analysis of focus group transcripts

Bill Lord, K Recoche, M O'Connor, P Yates and M Service

Journal of Palliative Care, Vol.28(1), pp.36-40

2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/082585971202800106

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Paramedics play an important role in out-of-hospital health care. They provide unscheduled care, assisting both patients with minor injuries and those experiencing life-threatening emergencies. Increasingly, paramedics are called on to manage chronic and complex health needs, including symptom relief for patients at the end of life. However, paramedics may not be well prepared to offer palliative care, as practice guidelines and education tend to focus on the management of acute medical emergencies and major trauma. Emergency medical services that employ paramedics rarely have practice guidelines or protocols that deal specifically with palliative care.

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Title: Paramedics' perceptions of their role in palliative care: analysis of focus group transcripts
Authors: Bill Lord (Author) - Monash University
K Recoche (Author) - Monash University
M O'Connor (Author) - Monash University
P Yates (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
M Service (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Journal of Palliative Care, Vol.28(1), pp.36-40
Publisher: Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Centre for Bioethics
Date published: 2012
DOI: 10.1177/082585971202800106
ISSN: 0825-8597
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450052002621
Output Type: Journal article

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