[Palliative care in Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital].
This paper illustrates a brief review of the development process of the palliative care team at the Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital. Palliative care team has been first instituted in 2002, and currently providing general support for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy not only for terminally ill patients. In future, we would start a regional palliative care program, including community palliative care team, to provide appropriate palliative care for all cancer population.
Morita
Tatsuya
T
Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital.
Fujimoto
Koji
K
Nanba
Miki
M
Fukumoto
Naoko
N
Ito
Tomoko
T
Kasai
Eiji
E
Takada
Tomosue
T
Imura
Chizuru
C
D017051:Hospice Care / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*