title: End of liverpool care pathway is unjustified and unwarranted.
abstract: I am disappointed that the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient is being phased out (News and Analysis July 24). I have seen this so-called 'pathway to death' used in practice and it was one of the few end of life care programmes that I supported. In my experience, clinicians and families also favoured it because it worked.
authors.forename: Bríd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hehir
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards