TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing a physicians’ palliative care pain hotline in Maryland
AU - Gloth, F. Michael
AU - Schwartz, Jack
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2000/1
Y1 - 2000/1
N2 - Physicians have had relatively little formal training in pain management and palliative care. For this reason, a telephone consultation service was offered, the physicians’ palliative care pain hotline, that would allow physicians to call a toll-free number and, within 15 minutes, speak to a board-certified physician in hospice and palliative medicine. To our knowledge, this is the first program of its kind. This article describes the process involved in creating such a pain hotline and reports on some data collected on its use in the first 10 months. This report should help others who have an interest in establishing a similar program.
AB - Physicians have had relatively little formal training in pain management and palliative care. For this reason, a telephone consultation service was offered, the physicians’ palliative care pain hotline, that would allow physicians to call a toll-free number and, within 15 minutes, speak to a board-certified physician in hospice and palliative medicine. To our knowledge, this is the first program of its kind. This article describes the process involved in creating such a pain hotline and reports on some data collected on its use in the first 10 months. This report should help others who have an interest in establishing a similar program.
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U2 - 10.1177/104990910001700108
DO - 10.1177/104990910001700108
M3 - Article
C2 - 11094917
AN - SCOPUS:0033765862
SN - 1049-9091
VL - 17
SP - 24
EP - 28
JO - American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
JF - American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
IS - 1
ER -