Families' perceptions of how we care for their dying relatives

PROGRAMME

Assessing the quality of care for people dying of cancer in hospital - development of the QUALDEATH Framework

Honorary Professor Peter Hudson

High quality end of life care involves addressing patients’ physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs.  Measuring the quality of care associated with dying and death is an important component of health care  however there is a lack of evidence-based, systematic processes to examine the quality of dying and death of patients in hospitals in Australia. We developed an appraisal framework (QualDeath) for reviewing the quality of dying and death for patients expexted to die from advanced cancer.

What can we learn from the voices of bereaved relatives? 

Dr Catriona Mayland