✦ LIBER ✦
The Sacred Heart Hospice: an Australian centre for palliative medicine
✍ Scribed by R. Stuart-Harris
- Book ID
- 104727632
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 776 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0941-4355
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✦ Synopsis
The Sacred Heart Hospice, Sydney, was founded in 1890 and is the largest inpatient palliative-care facility in Australia. Patients with advanced cancer form the predominant patient group, although patients with HIV/AIDS account for approximately 20% of admissions. A community-outreach service, established in 1983, cares for more patients at home than in the Hospice. Recently the Hospice has participated in a number of clinical trials and intends to become a regional centre for palliative-care research, education and training.