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Patterns of dying: palliative care for non-malignant disease

FEM Murtagh, M Preston and I Higginson
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.4-1-39
Clin Med January 2004
FEM Murtagh
King's College Hospital, London
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M Preston
King's College Hospital, London
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I Higginson
King's College London
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Abstract

As awareness grows of the palliative care needs of those diagnosed with advanced life-threatening illness other than cancer, consideration needs to be given to how to address these needs. This paper focuses on palliative care for those with such diagnoses by describing variations in illness trajectory according to diagnosis, and exploring how this may affect provision of palliative care.

Key Words
  • dying
  • illness trajectory
  • nonmalignant disease
  • palliative care
  • person-focus
  • prognosis
  • © 2004 Royal College of Physicians
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Patterns of dying: palliative care for non-malignant disease
FEM Murtagh, M Preston, I Higginson
Clinical Medicine Jan 2004, 4 (1) 39-44; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.4-1-39

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Patterns of dying: palliative care for non-malignant disease
FEM Murtagh, M Preston, I Higginson
Clinical Medicine Jan 2004, 4 (1) 39-44; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.4-1-39
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