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The role of the nurse in palliative care settings in a global context

05 June 2009

Cancer Nursing Practice

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This article introduces palliative care and palliative care nursing. It goes on to consider models of palliative care delivery and provide a more detailed account of...

Challenges in delivering effective palliative care to people with dementia

06 December 2012

Mental Health Practice

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This literature review surveys palliative care received by people with dementia, and identifies challenges and barriers to its delivery. These include communication...

Improving palliative care

21 May 2009

Nursing Management

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Any service improvement project requires planning, action and evaluation. Using a recognised quality improvement framework can offer a structured approach to...

Supporting people who have dementia to die with dignity

22 June 2009

Nursing Older People

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This article highlights some of the key themes and challenges in the empirical, policy and clinical literature on end-of-life care for people with dementia. It is...

Dilemmas in managing patients with cancer of unknown primary

02 October 2009

Cancer Nursing Practice

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Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is one of the ten most common cancer diagnoses in the UK. Since publication of the NHS Cancer Plan (Department of Health 2000),...

How to improve end of life care in acute hospitals

23 September 2009

Nursing Older People

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This article highlights the need to improve care for older people dying in acute hospitals. It discusses the role that nurses have to play in promoting better care...

End of life care: a rapid response hospice at home service

29 May 2010

Nursing Older People

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In line with recommendations in the Department of Health’s 2008 End of Life Care Strategy to enable people to die at home, the charity Sue Ryder Care piloted a rapid...

Palliative care training

26 November 2009

Nursing Older People

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This article discusses a project that explored and addressed the palliative care education needs of staff working in two nursing homes, using a practice development...

Making the most of life

14 October 2008

Nursing Standard

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The Ty Hafan hospice in south Wales offers care to children with life-limiting conditions, but many nurses are unaware of the additional services it provides to...

A conflict of principles?

15 September 2009

Nursing Standard

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Nurses in countries with laws enabling assisted suicide have a wide range of views.

05 March 2025 / Vol 40 issue 3

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