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      Compassionate communities and end-of-life care

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          ABSTRACT

          Compassionate communities as part of the public health approach to end-of-life care (EoLC) offers the possibility of solving the inequity of the difference in provision of care for those people with incurable cancer and those with non-cancer terminal illnesses. The naturally occurring supportive network surrounding the patient is the starting point for EoLC. The network can provide both hands-on care and support to those providing hands-on care. Healthcare professionals can build much stronger partnerships with these supportive networks and transform EoLC at home. Further possibilities of support can be developed through communities, with implementation of the Compassionate City Charter.

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          Contributors
          Role: consultant in palliative care
          Journal
          Clin Med (Lond)
          Clin Med (Lond)
          RCOP
          Clinical Medicine
          Royal College of Physicians
          1470-2118
          1473-4893
          February 2018
          : 18
          : 1
          : 6-8
          Affiliations
          ACornwall Hospice Care, Cornwall, UK and vice president, Public Health Palliative Care International
          Author notes
          Address for correspondence: Dr Julian Abel, Cornwall Hospice care, Mount Edgecumbe Hospice, St Austell PL26 6AB, UK. Email: julian.abel@ 123456nhs.net
          Article
          PMC6330929 PMC6330929 6330929 clinmedicine
          10.7861/clinmedicine.18-1-6
          6330929
          29436431
          9584a6c9-b827-40f1-8363-cac192f59843
          © Royal College of Physicians 2018. All rights reserved.
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          Categories
          End of Life Care

          End-of-life care,Compassionate City Charter,public health approach to end-of-life care,compassionate communities

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