Palliative & end of life care Archives

Category Archives: Palliative & end of life care

Living and dying well after stroke

In this blog for our #LifeAfterStroke series, Scott Murray and Marilyn Kendall talk about evidence from in-depth interviews, which could guide provision of person-centred care after major stroke and support people in living and dying well.

March 29, 2018 6

Understanding Evidence

Unthinkable thoughts and evidence

How would you not wish to die? Richard Lehman reflects on a discussion about advance decisions, evidence-based medicine and kindness.

February 19, 2017 0

Palliative & end of life care

Hospital at Home Increases the Chances of Dying at Home

It’s Dying Matters Awareness Week, an opportunity to place the importance of talking about dying, death and bereavement on...

May 13, 2016 0

Putting the Heart into Palliative Care

GP RIchard Lehman reflects on palliative care beyond cancer and how people with heart failure need it too

October 10, 2014 3

Pain relief research for better care

In this guest blog, Bill Noble, Medical Director at Marie Curie Cancer Care, looks at new research on pain relief at the end of life and finds there are important evidence gaps

October 9, 2014 0

Is Supporting Caregivers of the Terminally Ill Effective?

Rev David Southall reflects on his work supporting caregivers of people at the end of life and on what research can tell us

October 8, 2014 2

Understanding outcomes in end of life care

In our first guest blog for Hospice Care Week, Hospice UK nurse Marie Cooper looks at how research into outcomes can improve the quality of end of life care

October 7, 2014 1

A good death at home: home palliative care services keep people where they want to be

Key message: There is good evidence that home palliative care increases the chance of dying at home and reduces...

July 8, 2013 3

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