End of life decisions (geriatric medicine)

After the Liverpool Care Pathway clear guidance and support on end-of-life care is needed
Peter O'Halloran

Evidence-Based Nursing Jan 2016, 19 (1) 27; DOI: 10.1136/eb-2015-102170
Community palliative care use by dementia sufferers may reduce emergency department use at end of life
David Kenneth Wright, Amanda Digel Vandyk

Evidence-Based Nursing Jan 2016, 19 (1) 29; DOI: 10.1136/eb-2015-102122
Advance care planning in an acute care world
Roberta Heale

Evidence-Based Nursing Apr 2016, 19 (2) 33; DOI: 10.1136/eb-2016-102333
Election 2015: making sure your voice is heard
Alison Twycross

Evidence-Based Nursing Apr 2015, 18 (2) 33; DOI: 10.1136/eb-2015-102076
Optimising palliative and end-of-life care within care home settings
Gary Mitchell, Alison Twycross

Evidence-Based Nursing Jan 2016, 19 (1) 4; DOI: 10.1136/eb-2015-102280
How experienced intensive care nurses communicate with families about shift to end-of-life care
Lissi Hansen

Evidence-Based Nursing Apr 2016, 19 (2) 48; DOI: 10.1136/eb-2015-102154
What ‘a good death’ means for bereaved family carers
Evangelia (Evie) Papavasiliou, Angelos Bakogiannis

Evidence-Based Nursing Apr 2016, 19 (2) 59; DOI: 10.1136/eb-2015-102172
Costs incurred by family caregivers of patients with palliative care needs
Ronda G Hughes

Evidence-Based Nursing Jul 2016, 19 (3) 93; DOI: 10.1136/eb-2015-102094
Home death versus hospital death: are they comparable at all?
Mette Asbjoern Neergaard

Evidence-Based Nursing Jul 2016, 19 (3) 94; DOI: 10.1136/ebnurs-2015-102287
High proportion of elderly patients who are admitted to hospital are entering the last year of their lives
Chris Isles

Evidence-Based Nursing Jan 2017, 20 (1) 23; DOI: 10.1136/eb-2016-102448

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