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Quality assurance in palliative medicine. Survey of the structure and processing quality in palliative care units in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany
No full textThe aim of this study was to get detailed information about the current situation and the quality of the palliative care units in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The aim of palliative medicine is the achievement of the best possible quality of life for patients and their families. Unrelieved pain and other symptoms or major social problems are the reason for the admission of a patient to a palliative care unit. Questionnaires were distributed to the 13 palliative care units in NRW
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