title: Hospice--a homecare service for terminally ill cancer patients in southern Switzerland.
abstract: We describe the circumstances that led to the building up of a home care service for terminally ill cancer patients in a part of southern Switzerland. We describe the goals, the structure and the functioning of this service as it works in two areas. We give some results of a retrospective study on hospitalization, home care and death at home.
authors.affiliation: Hospice Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Neuenschwander
mesh_terms: D006302:Health Services Research; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006738:Hospices / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013557:Switzerland