Palliative care for cancer patients.
To improve the quality of palliative care, we recommend the establishment, in larger hospitals, of regionalized units with medical directors. The current concept that the acute hospital is not appropriate for the admission of the terminally ill is rejected as is the need for the establishment of further free-standing hospices.
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D001315:Australia; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005380:Financing, Government; D006738:Hospices / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000191:economics