title: Spiritual care should be part of the Code.
abstract: We welcome the new National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) quality standard, which calls for individualised care plans that address the 'cultural, religious or social preferences' of people in the last two to three days of life, as well as those of people important to them.
authors.affiliation: School of Health and Social Care, Staffordshire University, and University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust.|VID University College, Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Wilfred
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: McSherry
authors.affiliation: University of South Wales, and secretary of the British Association for the Study of Spirituality.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D012067:Religion; D029181:Spirituality; D006113:United Kingdom