An audit of referring patterns for cancer patients to the Palliative Care Unit in 2 Military Hospital, by means of a retrospective evaluation of the percentage of referrals adhering to a given standard, and evaluation of possible barriers

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dc.contributor.authorEngelbrecht, Marien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-29T04:58:57Z
dc.date.available2014-12-29T04:58:57Z
dc.date.issued2002en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe 2 Military Hospital Palliative Care unit seeks to provide high quality, holistic palliative care to all patients suffering from life-threatening diseases. This care should be initiated early after diagnosis, to prevent unnecessary suffering and allowing the patient and the family to be part of the decision making process. However, the majority of the cancer patients are either referred very late in the disease process or are not referred at all. The purpose of this study was to enumerate the percentage of patients who were not referred to the palliative care unit; to identify possible barriers to referral within referring doctors and to promote the role of the palliative care unit.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationEngelbrecht, M. (2002). <i>An audit of referring patterns for cancer patients to the Palliative Care Unit in 2 Military Hospital, by means of a retrospective evaluation of the percentage of referrals adhering to a given standard, and evaluation of possible barriers</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10469en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationEngelbrecht, Mari. <i>"An audit of referring patterns for cancer patients to the Palliative Care Unit in 2 Military Hospital, by means of a retrospective evaluation of the percentage of referrals adhering to a given standard, and evaluation of possible barriers."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10469en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationEngelbrecht, M. 2002. An audit of referring patterns for cancer patients to the Palliative Care Unit in 2 Military Hospital, by means of a retrospective evaluation of the percentage of referrals adhering to a given standard, and evaluation of possible barriers. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Engelbrecht, Mari AB - The 2 Military Hospital Palliative Care unit seeks to provide high quality, holistic palliative care to all patients suffering from life-threatening diseases. This care should be initiated early after diagnosis, to prevent unnecessary suffering and allowing the patient and the family to be part of the decision making process. However, the majority of the cancer patients are either referred very late in the disease process or are not referred at all. The purpose of this study was to enumerate the percentage of patients who were not referred to the palliative care unit; to identify possible barriers to referral within referring doctors and to promote the role of the palliative care unit. DA - 2002 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2002 T1 - An audit of referring patterns for cancer patients to the Palliative Care Unit in 2 Military Hospital, by means of a retrospective evaluation of the percentage of referrals adhering to a given standard, and evaluation of possible barriers TI - An audit of referring patterns for cancer patients to the Palliative Care Unit in 2 Military Hospital, by means of a retrospective evaluation of the percentage of referrals adhering to a given standard, and evaluation of possible barriers UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10469 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationEngelbrecht M. An audit of referring patterns for cancer patients to the Palliative Care Unit in 2 Military Hospital, by means of a retrospective evaluation of the percentage of referrals adhering to a given standard, and evaluation of possible barriers. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2002 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10469en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPalliative Careen_ZA
dc.titleAn audit of referring patterns for cancer patients to the Palliative Care Unit in 2 Military Hospital, by means of a retrospective evaluation of the percentage of referrals adhering to a given standard, and evaluation of possible barriersen_ZA
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