RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Setting up terminal care units
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 472
OP 476
VO 30
IS 217
A1 Bridget Matthews
YR 1980
UL http://bjgp.org/content/30/217/472.abstract
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.