RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Terminal care in the home JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO J R Coll Gen Pract FD British Journal of General Practice SP 531 OP 537 VO 31 IS 230 A1 Philip M. Reilly A1 Mary P. Patten YR 1981 UL http://bjgp.org/content/31/230/531.abstract AB We report on a 16-week study of the terminal care given to 118 patients who died at home at the end of a chronic illness. We describe the clinical features of the care and how these were managed, we compare the doctors' and relatives' view of the patients' suffering and awareness of death, and we explore the implications of death at home for general practitioner, nursing and other support services and for the relatives who care for the patient.