Implementing end of life care for patients with renal failure.

Full Abstract

Traditional palliative care services have focused on individuals with cancer. The NHS National End of Life Care Programme, launched in December 2003, has been working to address this anomaly and to try to enhance end of life care provision for other patient groups. This article reports on work in the area of renal failure at Westmorland General Hospital, Cumbria, where the Preferred Priorities for Care tool has been introduced to support patients nearing the end of life.

Author information

Author/s: Greaves, Cathryn (C); Bailey, Elizabeth (E); Storey, Les (L); Nicholson, Alison (A);

Affiliation: Dialysis Unit, University Hospitals of Morecombe Bay NHS Trust. CathrynA.Greaves(-atsign-)mbht.nhs.uk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article

Journal: Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987) (Nurs Stand), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2009 Sep 2-8; vol 23 (issue 52) : pp 35-41

Dates: Created 2009/09/24; Completed 2009/11/02;

PMID: 19774780, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/2/2009, IMS Date: )

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