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Palliative Care Assessment (PACA)

 

Author(s)

Ellershaw John

 

Purpose

  • Pathology:

Neoplasms

  • Disease:

Generic for neoplasms

  • Objective:

To assess the effectiveness of a hospital palliative care team

  • Population for intended use:

Terminal patients

 
 

Characteristics

  • Type of instrument:

Health-Related Quality of end of Life

  • Administration mode:

Interviewer-administered

  • Number of items:

12

  • Recall/Observation period:

None

 
 

Language(s)

  • Original language:

English for the UK

  • List of existing translations:

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PACA

No translations
 

Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

Beynon T, Richards MA, Ledgar S, Grant J, Ward P. Palliative Care Assessment tool (PACA) Palliat Med 1997;11:57-8


Ellershaw JE, Peat SJ, Boys LC. Assessing the effectiveness of a hospital palliative care team. Palliat Med 1995;9:145-52

Last update: November 2007

Last update in collaboration with the author: March 2006