'People ring because they're frightened': findings from a realist evaluation on the impact of timely responsive care at home at the end of life.

Background: Rapid response services (RRS) support patients who wish to die at home, providing flexible, timely, and specialist care. These services are regionally variable yet are valued by patients and caregivers in often uncertain end-of-life situations. Research on their effectiveness and impleme...

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Published in:BMC Palliative Care Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 1 - 16
Main Authors: McEwan, Kathryn, Atkinson, Joanne, Clarke, Amanda, Bate, Angela, Jeffery, Caroline, Dalkin, Sonia
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central 7/14/2025
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