End-of Life Care

Terri Gilleece, Murray Schofield

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPatient Centred Care in Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy
EditorsAarthi Ramlaul, Martin Vosper
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherChurchill Livingstone
Pages53-59
ISBN (Print)9780702046131
Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - Apr 2013

Bibliographical note

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(2) Department of Health. End of Life Care Strategy - promoting high quality care for all adults at the end of life. 2008.
(3) Dunlop R. Specialist palliative care and non-malignant diseases. In: Addington-Hall J, Higginson I, editors. Palliative Care for Non-cancer Patients; 2001. p. 189.
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(7) DoH. End of Life Care for All – eLearning (e-ELCA) 2011; Available at: http://www.endoflifecareforadults.nhs.uk/education-and-training/eelca. Accessed 08/18, 2011.
(8) ACT. Association for Childrens Palliative Care. 2011; Available at: www.act.org.uk. Accessed 08/18, 2011.
(9) Department of Health. Palliative Care Statistics for Children and Young Adults. 2007.
(10) Gomes B, Higginson I. Where people die (1974-2030): past trends, future projections and implications for care. Palliative medicine 2008;22:33.
(11) National Audit Office. End of Life Care. 2008.
(12) NCPC, NEoLCP. Commissioning End of Life Care: Act & Early. 2011.
(13) Tobias J, Hochhauser D. Cancer and its Management. 6th ed. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell; 2010.

Keywords

  • Palliative care
  • dying
  • Holistic care
  • Alternative Medicine

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