Cultural adaptation and validation of the SPICT-ES™ instrument to identify palliative care needs in Chilean older adults

Abstract Introduction Chile presents a context of an aging population and increased life expectancy, leading to many older adults (OA) needing palliative care (PC) during the course of their illness. The SPICT-ES™ is an instrument used to clinically evaluate patients with advanced chronic illness (A...

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Main Authors: Ximena Farfán-Zuñiga, Melissa Zimmermann-Vildoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-022-01111-2