End-of-life care by specialist palliative care teams: 10-year retrospective satisfaction evaluation
Bereaved caregivers consistently expressed satisfaction with SPC services across settings over the 10-year period. Despite limited applicability of findings due to annual decline in participation and lack of demographic data, FAMCARE-2 remains the only nationally used tool for evaluating SPC in the UK.
Authors
- Anna Grundy
- Despoina-Elvira Karakitsiou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9939-0860)
- Ebun Abarshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7221-556X)
- Sarah Cox
- Vijaya Kane
Institutions
- Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (GB)
- Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine (GB)
- Whipps Cross University Hospital (GB)
- Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (GB)
- Health Education North West (GB)
- West Midlands Deanery (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2025-005396
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00