HOW IMPORTANCE IS COMMUNICATION WITHIN HEALTH CARE TEAMS? IT HAS BEEN OBSERVED THAT IN ANY HOSPITAL PROPER CARE TO THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WHO ARE NEARING DEATH, IS NOT GIVEN DUE TO A LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DOCTORS OR BETWEEN DOCTORS AND STAFF.THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE WRONG CONCEPTION THAT THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT WHO IS NEARING TO DEATH IS AT "NO POINT OF RETURN" AND SPENDING TIME AND EFFORT ARE FUTILE. ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY BY THE NATIONAL CONFIDENTIAL ENQUIRY INTO PATIENT OUTCOME AND DEATH, CARING TO THE END IS NOT PROPERLY CARRIED OUT TO PATIENTS GOING TO DIE, AND MOST OF THESE CASES PROPER 'HAND OVER' IS NOT GIVEN BETWEEN THE STAFF OR THE CONSULTANTS NEVER VISITED THEM, DENYING THESE PATIENTS OF PROPER 'END LIFE CARE'
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Could have been elaborated on problems of poor communication
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