PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bridget Matthews
TI  - Setting up terminal care units
DP  - 1980 Aug 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 472--476
VI  - 30
IP  - 217
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/30/217/472.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/30/217/472.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1980 Aug 01; 30
AB  - From my experience the main problems found by developing terminal care units have been: initial acceptance from existing medical disciplines; communication difficulties and misunderstandings because of them; mistakes in planning and design, possibly due to lack of experience or attention to detail; occasionally, the appointment of staff that have proved unsuitable; problems in the siting of a unit, usually due to shortage of available land. The ideal site is centrally placed in the community it serves and easily accessible to public transport.