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| Year : 2011 | Volume
: 17
| Issue : 4 | Page : 17--19 |
Team networking in palliative care
Odette Spruyt
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Odette Spruyt
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.76234
"If you want to travel quickly, go alone. But if you want to travel far, you must go together". African proverb. The delivery of palliative care is often complex and always involves a group of people, the team, gathered around the patient and those who are close to them. Effective communication and functional responsive systems of care are essential if palliative care is to be delivered in a timely and competent way. Creating and fostering an effective team is one of the greatest challenges for providers of palliative care. Teams are organic and can be life giving or life sapping for their members.
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