title: Setting up terminal care units.
abstract: FROM MY EXPERIENCE THE MAIN PROBLEMS FOUND BY DEVELOPING TERMINAL CARE UNITS HAVE BEEN: initial acceptance from existing medical disciplines; communication difficulties and misunderstandings because of them; mistakes in planning and design, possibly due to lack of experience or attention to detail; occasionally, the appointment of staff that have proved unsuitable; problems in the siting of a unit, usually due to shortage of available land. The ideal site is centrally placed in the community it serves and easily accessible to public transport.
mesh_terms: D006738:Hospices / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom