title: Using 'gold standards' to raise awareness of palliative care.
abstract: The gold standards framework (GSF) is a practice-based system aimed at improving the organisation and quality of palliative care services for patients who are at home in their last 12 months of life. The aim is for patients to receive a better quality service with greater control over their care and an increased likelihood they will die where they choose.
authors.affiliation: Wheatstone Day Hospice, Gloucester.
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001364:Awareness; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom