Palliative care: introduction. (December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Noble, Simon
• Is Part Of: Medicine. Volume 43:Number 12(2015)
• Page Start: 695
• Publication Date: 2015-12
• Subjects: hospice -- palliative -- terminal; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine -- Périodiques; Médecine factuelle -- Périodiques; Medicine; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Electronic journals; 610
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2015.09.008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1357-3039

Abstract

Abstract: Forty years on from the opening of St Christopher's Hospice and 20 years after palliative medicine was formally recognized as a medical specialty, it remains as diverse as ever. No longer a terminal care service, palliative medicine continues to evolve into supportive care and the management of non-malignant disease. Future challenges will include continuing partnership-working between the independent and statutory sector, rigorous research and looking after an increasingly ageing population.