Dealing with Failure in Palliative Care
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v6i2.39Keywords:
failure, palliative care, death, patient, carerAbstract
In this article failure is considered from general, political and financial perspectives, Technological failure is discussed and educational, organizational and communicational failures are identified. In a Hospice setting, corporate staff failures are explored and the more painful personal and spiritual failures at the patient/carer interface are examined.
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Published
2013-05-15
Issue
Section
Palliative Care
How to Cite
Downs, F. (2013). Dealing with Failure in Palliative Care. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 6(2), 39-43. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v6i2.39
