Developing effective palliative care within a prison setting.
A joint report by the UK prison service and the National Health Service (Department of Health (DoH), 1999) suggested that a 'formal partnership' between the two organizations would enhance the health care of people in prison. Through such a partnership it is hoped that prisoners will be able to receive the same level of care as those who are treated within the wider community. Nurses attempting to achieve the goals of palliative care within a prison setting may encounter environmental constraints to their work and may be further deterred by their own lack of specialist knowledge. This article discusses how such problems can be overcome through the professional development of prison nurses.
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Market Harborough Community Hospital, Market Harborough, UK.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004739:England; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D007318:Inservice Training; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000523:psychology*; D009731:Nursing Audit; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011330:Prisons; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000458:organization & administration*