SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JANUARY 9, 2019

This episode features Dr Simon Etkind (Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, London, UK). To be person-centred, care should take into account individual preferences. Some influences on care preferences in older people have been described. These include the family and care context, individual response and illness-related factors. Older people living with frailty are at high risk of acute illness episodes; the influences on preferences in the context of frailty and recent acute illn

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JANUARY 7, 2019

This episode features Dr Huw Williams ( Cardiff University, UK) Around 2% –3 % of consultations in primary care are prone to patient safety incidents. Patients receiving palliative care are not immune to patient safety concerns. ‘Out-of-hours’ services are responsible for providing care for two-thirds of the working week (18:30 to 08:00 on weekdays, and all hours at weekends in the United Kingdom).

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