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    The role of palliative day care in supporting patients: a therapeutic community space

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    Authors
    Fisher, C.
    O'Connor, Moira
    Abel, K.
    Date
    2008
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Fisher, Colleen and O'Connor, Moira and Abel, Kaye. 2008. The role of palliative day care in supporting patients: a therapeutic community space . International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 14 (3): pp. 117-126.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Palliative Nursing IJPN
    Additional URLs
    http://www.internurse.com/cgi-bin/go.pl/library/abstract.html?uid=28891
    ISSN
    13576321
    Faculty
    School of Nursing and Midwifery
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    WA Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care (WACCPC)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3658
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The work of palliative day care extends the philosophy and practice of palliative care to patients in the community. It supports the needs of patients who have a diminished ability to fulfil their family and societal roles. The extent to which these aims reflect current practice, however, has not been fully assessed, particularly in Australia. There is also a lack of research on patients' experiences of palliative day care. The key aim of this study was, therefore, to explore patients' experiences of palliative day care in a Western Australian context. Eight patients (two males and six females) with ages ranging from 44 to 82 years were interviewed. Four broad themes emerged from the data, related to patients' experiences: being bounded physically; temporally; and socially; and the role of palliative day care in supporting patients. This study highlighted the potential for palliative day care to provide a therapeutic community space. Implications of these findings for palliative day care are discussed.

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