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Service Evaluation of an Advance Care Plan Tool

Billings, Jenny R. and Holdsworth, Laura M. (2013) Service Evaluation of an Advance Care Plan Tool. Project report. Centre for Health Services Studies, Canterbury (KAR id:34891)

Abstract

Following the successful bid for a Department of Health grant in October 2010, the Kent and Medway Children and Young People’s (KMCYP) Palliative Care Network ran a six month project to raise the awareness of children’s palliative care. One of the key outcomes of the project was to agree a standard Advance Care Plan (ACP) tool to be used across the network. Advance care planning involves the process of discussing life-sustaining treatments and establishing long-term care goals with families. It requires effective communication to clarify the goals of care and to enable families to agree care at the end of life, including resuscitation decisions (Henry and Seymour 2008). This work was based on that undertaken by the South Central Strategic Health Authority. With their approval the tool was adapted for local use.

Item Type: Reports and Papers (Project report)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women > HQ755 Popular works. Guidebook for parents > HQ755.8 Parents. Parenthood
R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies
Funders: Department of Health and Social Care (https://ror.org/03sbpja79)
Depositing User: Tony Rees
Date Deposited: 02 Aug 2013 10:40 UTC
Last Modified: 12 Jul 2022 10:40 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/34891 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Billings, Jenny R..

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5660-9478
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Holdsworth, Laura M..

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