End of life care / National Audit Office.

  • Great Britain. National Audit Office.
Date:
[2008], ©2008
Catalogue details

Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: End of life care / National Audit Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUMMARY 4 PART ONE The role of end of life care services 10 PART TWO The extent and quality of end of life care 14 services in England PART THREE Providing more effective end of life care 25 APPENDICES 1 Methodology 32 2 Detailed examination of patient 36 records in Sheffield to identify alternatives to hospital 3 Economic modelling 39 4 Detailed PCT reviews 46 5 International comparisons 48 6 Case examples 52 GLOSSARY 56 Cover, St. Christopher’s Hospice, London. Page 10 photograph courtesy of the Motor Neurone Disease Association, Jacqueline Caitlin, who lost her battle with MND in 2008, pictured with her children. Page 14 Alamy.com. Page 25 Marie Curie Cancer Care.