A Literature Review on Care at the End-of-Life in the Emergency Department
Joint Authors
Gallego, Blanca
Forero, Roberto
Hillman, Ken
McDonnell, Geoff
McCarthy, Sally
Shanley, Chris
Formby, Frank
Muhsin, Muhammad
Source
Emergency Medicine International
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-03-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The hospitalisation and management of patients at the end-of-life by emergency medical services is presenting a challenge to our society as the majority of people approaching death explicitly state that they want to die at home and the transition from acute care to palliation is difficult.
In addition, the escalating costs of providing care at the end-of-life in acute hospitals are unsustainable.
Hospitals in general and emergency departments in particular cannot always provide the best care for patients approaching end-of-life.
The main objectives of this paper are to review the existing literature in order to assess the evidence for managing patients dying in the emergency department, and to identify areas of improvement such as supporting different models of care and evaluating those models with health services research.
The paper identified six main areas where there is lack of research and/or suboptimal policy implementation.
These include uncertainty of treatment in the emergency department; quality of life issues, costs, ethical and social issues, interaction between ED and other health services, and strategies for out of hospital care.
The paper concludes with some areas for policy development and future research.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Forero, Roberto& McDonnell, Geoff& Gallego, Blanca& McCarthy, Sally& Muhsin, Muhammad& Shanley, Chris…[et al.]. 2012. A Literature Review on Care at the End-of-Life in the Emergency Department. Emergency Medicine International،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Forero, Roberto…[et al.]. A Literature Review on Care at the End-of-Life in the Emergency Department. Emergency Medicine International No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Forero, Roberto& McDonnell, Geoff& Gallego, Blanca& McCarthy, Sally& Muhsin, Muhammad& Shanley, Chris…[et al.]. A Literature Review on Care at the End-of-Life in the Emergency Department. Emergency Medicine International. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-11.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-475499