title: Challenging conventional roles in palliative care.
abstract: In October 1991, North Humberside was offered its own in-patient palliative care service. This was a natural development of the existing Macmillan Nurse Service and the hospice day centre. This paper discusses how the role of the nurse practitioner has developed.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010146:Pain / Q000451:nursing*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000451:nursing*