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Nutrition support in palliative care

25 September 2002

Nursing Standard

CPD

Nutrition is an important aspect of caring for patients with life-threatening illness. Good nutrition support is essential, not only for meeting the body’s physical...

Fatigue in patients receiving palliative care

21 March 2007

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article discusses fatigue in patients receiving palliative care. The article initially considers the prevalence of fatigue in different groups of palliative...

Collaborating on the integration of cancer nursing services

04 September 1996

Nursing Standard

Cancer nursing

The Calman-Hine report (DoH 1995) proposed the delivery of a uniformly high level of cancer care across the UK. A network of services provided through cancer...

Dying in good hands

14 July 2009

Nursing Standard

Features

The End of Life Care Strategy, published a year ago, sets out best practice. Nurses are starting to deliver the strategy but more needs to be done.

Understanding depression in palliative and end-of-life care

02 December 2008

Nursing Standard

Learning zone continuing professional development

Depression in patients receiving palliative and end-of-life care is difficult to distinguish from grief and sadness. However, there are some important distinctions...

Advance care planning in a community setting

04 February 2015

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim To evaluate the effects of implementing an advance care planning process within pilot sites in North Ayrshire in 2010, focusing on people with palliative care...

Developing a palliative care outreach service

21 April 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes the development of a palliative care outreach service by two nurse practitioners into ten community hospitals. The service was designed to...

Developing palliative care practice in the community

06 November 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The inadequacy of some areas of palliative care provision was acknowledged in the NHS Cancer Plan (DoH 2000). Many patients would prefer to die at home, but only one...

Understanding depression in palliative and end-of-life care

28 November 2008

Nursing Standard

CPD

Depression in patients receiving palliative and end-of-life care is difficult to distinguish from grief and sadness. However, there are some important distinctions...

Using the Liverpool Care Pathway for a dying patient

31 May 2006

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes the experience of staff in one acute hospital in Northern Ireland who adapted the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) for the dying patient to suit...