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TY - JOUR
T1 - Care or custody?
T2 - an evaluation of palliative care in prisons in North West England
AU - Turner, Mary
AU - Payne, Sheila
AU - Barbarachild, Zephyrine
N1 - © The Author(s) 2011
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - This study aimed to evaluate health professionals' views about palliative care provision in prisons in the counties of Cumbria and Lancashire in the North West of England. Seventeen prison healthcare staff and nine specialist palliative care staff participated in semi-structured interviews and 16 prison healthcare staff completed a questionnaire designed to measure knowledge, skills and confidence in relation to palliative care. The findings highlighted tensions between the philosophies of care and custody, and the many challenges in providing palliative care in a custodial setting. This paper presents two illustrative case study examples, and suggests ways in which some of these challenges can be overcome in practice.
AB - This study aimed to evaluate health professionals' views about palliative care provision in prisons in the counties of Cumbria and Lancashire in the North West of England. Seventeen prison healthcare staff and nine specialist palliative care staff participated in semi-structured interviews and 16 prison healthcare staff completed a questionnaire designed to measure knowledge, skills and confidence in relation to palliative care. The findings highlighted tensions between the philosophies of care and custody, and the many challenges in providing palliative care in a custodial setting. This paper presents two illustrative case study examples, and suggests ways in which some of these challenges can be overcome in practice.
KW - Adult
KW - Attitude of Health Personnel
KW - Clinical Competence
KW - Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
KW - England
KW - Hospice Care
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Medication Systems
KW - Palliative Care
KW - Prisons
KW - Terminal Care
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79957753427&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0269216310393058
DO - 10.1177/0269216310393058
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 21239467
VL - 25
SP - 370
EP - 377
JO - Palliative Medicine
JF - Palliative Medicine
SN - 1477-030X
IS - 4
ER -