| Palliative medicine in Britain. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 18051021 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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In Britain, Palliative Medicine was recognized as a subspecialty of Internal Medicine exactly 20 years after Cicely Saunders founded St Christopher's, at exactly the same time that government was at last recognizing the worth and the needs of general practice. Both had far-reaching effects and implications for patients, doctors, and the future of medicine. For Palliative Medicine it meant units wishing to train specialists going through a rigorous selection process; the development of an equally rigorous training program for the doctors who had already gained a higher qualification before starting Palliative Medicine, demonstrating the need for and benefits of palliative medicine to the sceptics in the profession and, now, continuing to recruit the staff for the steadily increasing number of new services. Today there are more Palliative Medicine consultants/specialists than there are oncologists and neurologists combined, with Hospital Palliative Care Teams in every major hospital and cancer center. With nine Chairs in Palliative Medicine, there is now a drive for research and professional education. The specialty faces major challenges, however, ranging from training to care for patients with non-malignant disease to enabling patients to die in the place of their choice-something that rarely happens today; from defining what is distinctive or unique about palliative medicine to clarifying the respective place of general practice and the specialty. Most would agree that the biggest challenge for the young, thriving specialty is how to share its principles with other doctors wherever they work. |
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Authors:
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Derek Doyle |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Omega Volume: 56 ISSN: 0030-2228 ISO Abbreviation: Omega (Westport) Publication Date: 2007-2008 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-12-04 Completed Date: 2008-01-11 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 1272106 Medline TA: Omega (Westport) Country: United States |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 77-88 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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National Council for Palliative Care, London. debedoyle@surefish.co.uk |
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Great Britain History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Hospice Care / history* Humans Palliative Care / history* |
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