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death counts: the challenge of death and dying in learning disability services

01 December 2004

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

There’s nothing new in declaring that inequality and difference can characterise the lives of people with learning disabilities. However, it is novel to argue that...

How an extended palliative care service has benefited patients

13 September 2012

Cancer Nursing Practice

A&S Science

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2004) guidance for improving supportive and palliative care for adults with cancer identified a need for...

Reflections on the provision of community palliative care for terminally ill children in Ireland

06 November 2012

Nursing Children and Young People

A&S Science

In many areas of Ireland, children dying at home still have inadequate access to specialist palliative care. This causes unnecessary emotional and physical distress...

Assessment and management of pain in older patients receiving palliative care

29 July 2012

Nursing Older People

A&S Science

This article aims to outline the principles that underpin good practice in the assessment and management of pain syndromes in older patients with advanced,...

Applying the Pictor technique to research interviews with people affected by advanced disease

21 September 2012

Nurse Researcher

A&S Science

Aim To outline some of the challenges facing people affected by advanced disease who want to participate in research interviews, and to present Pictor, a method that...

End of life care for people with a learning disability

05 September 2012

Nursing Standard

A&S Science

Aim To explore the experiences of learning disability and district nurses caring for people with a learning disability at the end of their lives. Method A...

Exploring the experiences of community-based children’s nurses providing palliative care

01 April 2010

Paediatric Nursing

A&S Science

Aim To explore the experiences of community children’s nurses (CCNs) and children’s palliative care nurses (CPCNs) who provide end-stage palliative care to children...

End-of-life care: making choices

01 September 2006

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

The population of people with learning disabilities is an ageing one, and its changing demographics challenge services that were originally developed for children...

End of life care for patients following acute stroke

07 March 2012

Nursing Standard

A&S Science

End of life care is an important aspect of acute stroke nursing because stroke mortality rates remain high, despite advances in care. There is a national drive to...

Benefits of using the Liverpool Care Pathway in end of life care

25 April 2012

Nursing Standard

A&S Science

The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) is an integrated care pathway used to manage terminally ill patients in their final days or hours of life. It was developed by the...