TY - JOUR
T1 - Legal Issues in Life-Limiting Illness
T2 - Can Cross-Agency, Interprofessional Education Support Integration of Care?
AU - Hawkins, Colette
AU - Rothwell, Charlotte
AU - Close, Helen
AU - Emmett, Charlotte
AU - Hesselgreaves, Hannah
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Legal issues are prevalent in life-limiting illness, relating to social welfare needs as well as delivery of legally compliant care. Yet the broad range of agencies delivering care is fragmented, risking unmet needs. This mixed-methods research explored the potential of cross-agency, interprofessional education to raise awareness and understanding of legal needs in this context and promote closer service integration. Four identical workshops, run in north-east England, brought together 99 participants from health, social, legal, advice, charitable, public and private sectors. Participants were overwhelmingly positive about the value of learning together with 97% wanting more sessions. Learning priorities included greater awareness of services and referral routes as well as areas of law relating to advance care planning and mental capacity. Interprofessional education, spanning the breadth of relevant agencies and supported by national strategy, was identified as a route to integrating services.
AB - Legal issues are prevalent in life-limiting illness, relating to social welfare needs as well as delivery of legally compliant care. Yet the broad range of agencies delivering care is fragmented, risking unmet needs. This mixed-methods research explored the potential of cross-agency, interprofessional education to raise awareness and understanding of legal needs in this context and promote closer service integration. Four identical workshops, run in north-east England, brought together 99 participants from health, social, legal, advice, charitable, public and private sectors. Participants were overwhelmingly positive about the value of learning together with 97% wanting more sessions. Learning priorities included greater awareness of services and referral routes as well as areas of law relating to advance care planning and mental capacity. Interprofessional education, spanning the breadth of relevant agencies and supported by national strategy, was identified as a route to integrating services.
KW - interprofessional education
KW - Humans
KW - holistic care
KW - integrated care
KW - Interprofessional Education
KW - health law
KW - England
KW - social welfare law
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85122773475&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
C2 - 34907687
SN - 1320-159X
VL - 28
SP - 1082
EP - 1091
JO - Journal of law and medicine
JF - Journal of law and medicine
IS - 4
ER -