Palliative and end-of-life care
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Four in five GPs struggle to find time to care for dying patients, survey shows
The RCGP has published quality improvement standards for end of life care in general...
How we improved end-of-life care in our practice
Dr Victoria Middleton explains how her practice has increased the number of patients...
End-of-life care: Providing person-centred care to patients at the end of life
GP Dr Rajiv Mitra explains how a new resource for terminally-ill patients is helping...
End-of-life care: CQC briefing
Dr Devin Gray discusses how CQC inspectors assess a practice's approach to end-of-life...
Palliative care: How GPs can handle conversations about end-of-life care
Talking to patients about end-of-life care is not easy even for experienced health...
End-of-life care scenario: managing hepatic failure
As GPs become more involved with palliative care, they are dealing with more complex...
Dealing with your first death as a GP
Handling the death of a patient as a GP can be a very different experience to dealing...
Exclusive: Fifth of GPs would help a terminally ill patient end their life if law allowed it
One in five GPs would help a terminally ill patient end their life if the law changed...
Practice rated outstanding after helping 97% of palliative care patients die at home
The CQC has praised a GP practice that featured in a BBC documentary as outstanding...
