First, we have to accept that the UK is still struggling with this legislative dilemma that would allow patients the choice to request assistance to die when they experience unbearable progressive...
To do this successfully, an awareness and recognition of the reasons why these groups may be reluctant or find it hard to access services is important.
It is most likely, given the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on people of colour in the UK, that the same population group will experience a high post-pandemic burden. People affected by the virus...
It is evident that there was a marked increase in palliative care research studies being conducted in Scotland (Finucane et al, 2018), although only four addressed children's issues. Most of the...
Mainly delivered by nurses who are dually trained in palliative and community nursing, the success of this model depends on support from local GPs. Here, palliative care is delivered to terminally ill...
The literature is full of strategies for supporting families during and after death. For example, one modern approach is the dual process model for coping in bereavement developed by Stroebe and Schut...
It is to the benefit of patients if all services worked together, and, where two services (e.g. CGA and palliative care) have much in common, that the needs of the patient at the time determine who...
At a glance, we can see that the argument to postpone death suggests prolonging life, and inherent with this should also an assessment of the quality of life. Conversely, hastening death translates to...
To understand emotional pain is to appreciate the sum total of the emotions experienced by the patient's relations, as well as the complexity of these emotions. Emotions are intertwined and can...
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