title: The Liverpool Care Pathway: what went right and what went wrong.
abstract: The history of the Liverpool Care Pathway shows how the best of intentions, and good guidelines, can be perverted by poor practice, lack of thought, poor training and inadequate communication. Good clinical leadership can encourage high quality care of dying people, whatever guidelines are being used, or not.
authors.affiliation: Chair of the independent review of the Liverpool Care Pathway, is Senior Rabbi, West London Synagogue, and a cross-bench peer.
authors.forename: Rabbi Baroness
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Julia Neuberger
mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist; D003142:Communication; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007857:Leadership; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards