Doyle D
J R Coll Gen Pract. 1982 May;32(238):285-91.
The work of a specialist advisory home care service for the terminally ill during 1980 is reported, with reference to the demands it made on community services. Whilst there was no change in demand for home helps, there was a 44 per cent increase in visiting by community nurses for male patients and a 117 per cent increase for female patients. Commodes, ripple mattresses and backrests were all essential and an increased need of over 100 per cent in each was recorded. Patients were attended on average for three months (men) and six months (women) and 41 per cent were able to remain at home until their death.
报告了一家为绝症患者提供专业咨询的居家护理服务机构1980年的工作情况，并提及了该服务对社区服务的需求。虽然对家政服务的需求没有变化，但社区护士对男性患者的家访次数增加了44%，对女性患者的家访次数增加了117%。便桶、波浪床垫和靠背都是必不可少的，而且每种物品的需求都增加了100%以上。患者平均接受护理的时间为男性三个月、女性六个月，41%的患者能够在家中一直待到去世。
