… acute care interventions can be life-saving, often within the first 24 hours. Among them are
those that are provided at basic surgery wards in district hospitals … surrounding acute care is …

… The aim of the project was to explore, develop and articulate strategies that enhanced
compassionate relationship centred care in an acute hospital setting, caring for older people. …

… in acute hospital settings, private/public nursing homes and other public long-stay care
facilities… Finally, we would like to thank staff in acute hospitals and long-stay units and all the older …

… The participants commented that the LCP values end-of-life care in the acute hospital setting,
where the focus is often concerned with acutely unwell patients. Jack et al (2003) reported …

… Acute hospital staff require adequate training, including symptom control, and the correct
environment in which to deliver dignified and person-centred end-of-life care. Specific models/…

… A comprehensive assessment may lead to prolonged survival, reduced medical care cost,
reduced use of acute hospitals and nursing homes, and improved mood and cognition.24 A …

… life-limiting illness will die in hospitals, many on medical units. Yet, few studies have qualitatively
investigated end-of-life care … providing palliative care for older people in acute hospitals. …

… the role that the acute care nurse was providing during end-of-life care for patient and … which
was integral for the provision of bereavement care in acute hospitals (Pincombe et al. 2003, …

… the acute hospital … -life care on an acute medical wardJ Adv Nurs200653169177. 11.
Thompson G, McClement S, Daeninck P: Nurses' perceptions of quality end-of-life care on an acute …

… community-based palliative care access and decisions regarding hospital admission, which
… of-life care, we have made the assumption that additional time and death out of hospital is in …