Rashleigh L. Physiotherapy in palliative oncology.
THE AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOTHERAPY 2001;
42:307-312. [PMID:
11676663 DOI:
10.1016/s0004-9514(14)60395-0]
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Abstract
Outreach multi-disciplinary palliative care teams have tended to duplicate hospital-based teams which historically have consisted almost exclusively of doctors and nurses. This paper outlines the role of physiotherapy in palliative care. It provides a conceptual framework for physiotherapy involvement and its potential to contribute within the palliative care team therapeutically and cost-effectively. To put physiotherapy management of the disease process into perspective, some basic data on terminal illness, and statistics of a Brisbane hospice, are included. The need for more outreach physiotherapy intervention is emphasised.
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