title: The discharge process for palliative care patients.
abstract: This article describes the response of staff at a specialist palliative care service to the need for effective discharge planning. Hospice and community nurses were invited to give their views on the discharge of palliative care patients. The authors discuss the strategy for change and how it was implemented and evaluated.
authors.affiliation: St Catherine's Hospice, Crawley, West Sussex.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chipps
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grey
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hilton
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Linford
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pearce
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D017051:Hospice Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009731:Nursing Audit; D009736:Nursing Process; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010351:Patient Discharge