However, these issues were to be expected due to the nature of the intervention and condition. The study population was all cancer patients in their last days of life. Participants were allocated to care using the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP-I, Italian version of a continuous quality ...
Therefore, there is a significant need for clinicians and policy makers to be informed about the effects of end-of-life care pathways with a systematic review.ObjectivesTo assess the effects of end-of-life care pathways, compared with usual care (no pathway) or with care guided by another ...
Enhancing confidence and competence in end of life care: Pilot and evaluation of an educational pathway for community care staff Background Globally, end of life care increasingly takes place in community settings. The importance of developing the knowledge, skills and attitudes of the UK workforce ...
End of life care guidance for people with dementia is lacking and this has been made more problematic in England with the removal of one of the main end of life care guidelines which offered some structure, the Liverpool Care Pathway. This guidance gap may be eased with the development of ...
They also voiced concerns about the absence of a reliable system to help with end of life care, after the enforced end of the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) system last year. During the Health Committee's first evidence session of its new inquiry into end of life care, MPs ...
at the end of life. We need more care, less pathway at the end of life.We need more care, less pathway at the end of life.doi:10.1136/bmj.f4956Oscar J LMitchellBMJ (Clinical research ed.)
needs of seriously or terminally ill residents. Hostel staff often struggle to secure additional support from social services orpalliative care servicesfor their residents who have complex problems," said lead author Dr Caroline Shulman (UCL Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department and Pathway)....
Implementation of an end-of-life care pathway for terminal cancer patients in an internal medicine unit L'InfermiereBordin, GabriellaBaldissera, AliceBorsato, MonicaBernardi, CinziaCavallin, ElisabettaLusiani, LuigiSandonà, Lorena
The latest guidance - Route to success: the key contribution of nursing to end of life care - is published this week. It outlines the actions nurses need to take at each stage of an end of life care pathway (see box). 展开 年份: 2011 ...
(EPS) derived from the ETHICUS-2 study partly explains the substantial variation in treatment limitation decisions; furthermore, ICUs wishing to improve quality of end-of-life care may consider introducing the main weighted components: EoL protocols, palliative-care consultations, and local EoL ...