Document 0310
 DOCN  M9590310
 TI    Structural issues in the provision of HIV/AIDS palliative care services.
 DT    9509
 AU    McGuckin R; Sacred Heart Hospice, Darlinghurst, NSW.
 SO    Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1994 Nov 3-6;6:194 (unnumbered
       abstract). Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM6/95291789
 AB    This presentation discusses the development of palliative care services
       for people with HIV/AIDS. It looks at how existing formal and informal
       service structures have adapted to the needs of this group; whether this
       adaptation has been adequate and appropriate; and the social, political,
       philosophical and economic factors involved in this ongoing process.
       This process is examined at both the macro and micro level of service
       delivery. It concludes with discussion of some current issues and how
       they illustrate the interaction of these factors in the development of
       services: AIDS dementia care, euthanasia, participation in trials in
       end-stage disease (particularly for conditions where cognitive capacity
       impaired), provision of AIDS palliative care in rural areas, and the
       provision of hostel and nursing home-type services.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*THERAPY  Delivery of Health
       Care/ORGANIZATION & ADMIN  Hospices/ORGANIZATION & ADMIN  Human  HIV
       Infections/*THERAPY  New South Wales  Palliative Treatment/*METHODS
       Regional Health Planning  Rural Health  Terminal Care/*ORGANIZATION &
       ADMIN  MEETING ABSTRACT

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