Why is the Liverpool care pathway used for some dying cancer patients and not others? Healthcare professionals’ perspectives

Background: Despite evidence suggesting that the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient is a structured and proficient means of supporting care delivery in the last hours or days of life, discrepancies in uptake are widespread. This exploratory study sought to understand why patients dying of...

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Main Authors: Freemantle, Alison, Seymour, Jane
Format: Article
Published: BioMed Central 2012
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2740/