Palliative Care in the Community: Views of General Practitioners and District Nurses in East London

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Mortality statistics for 1978 and 1987. England and Wales. HMSO London.

Wilkes E. Dying now. Lancet 1984; 1: 950–952.

Bowling A. The hospitalization of death: should more people die at home? J Med Ethics 1983; 9: 158–161.

Townsend J. , Frank A.O. , Fermont D. Terminal cancer care and patients’ preference for place of death: a prospective study. Br Med J 1990; 301: 415–417.

Lunt B. Terminal cancer care services: recent changes in regional inequalities in Great Britain. Soc Sci Med 1985; 20(7): 753–759.

Clench P. Managing to Care in Community Services for the Terminally Ill. London: Patten Press, 1984.

Boyd K. The working patterns of hospice based home care teams. Palliative Medicine 1992; 6(2): 131–139.

South West Thames Regional Health Authority. A Framework for the Care of the Terminally Ill. London, 1991.

Bowling A. , Jacobson B. , Southgate L. , Formby J. General practitioners’ views on quality specifications for outpatient referrals and care contracts. Br Med J 1991; 303: 292–294.

Cartwright A. The role of the general practitioner in caring for people in the last year of their lives. London: King's Fund, 1990.

Haines A. , Booroff A. Terminal care at home: perspective from general practice. Br Med J 1986; 292: 1051–1053.

Martin M.H. Domiciliary night nursing service: luxury or necessity? Br Med J 1981; 282: 883–885.

Cumberledge J. Neighbourhood nursing — a focus for care. Report of the community nursing review. HMSO, London, 1986.

Addington-Hall J.M. , MacDonald L.D. , Anderson H.R. , Freeling P. Dying from cancer: the views of bereaved families and friends about the experience of terminally ill patients. Palliative Medicine 1991; 5(3): 207–214.

Kinden M. Hospice home care services: a Scottish perspective. Palliative Medicine 1988; 2: 115–121.

Keighley B. Hospices and general practice. Scottish Medicine 1987; 7: 9.

Press A.M. General practitioners and terminal care: the future. J R Coll Gen Pract 1984; 34: 240.

Copperman H. Domiciliary hospice care: a survey of general practitioners. J R Coll Gen Pract 1988; 38: 411–413.

Roe D.J. Palliative Care 2000 — Home Care. J Palliat Care 1992; 8(1): 28–32.

Pannuti F. , Tanneberger S. The Bologna Eubosia project: hospital-at-home care for advanced cancer patients. J Palliat Care 1992; 8(2): 11–17.