Using the Liverpool Care Pathway in a nursing home.
The Liverpool Care Pathway provides evidence-based guidelines relating to the care of dying patients. This article outlines a pilot project to introduce it to a 150-bed BUPA nursing home.
Mathews
Kathryn
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Mount Vernon Cancer Network.
Finch
Jemma
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