The Angry Dying Patient

Behaviour of the dying patient.

One hundred and ten dying patients were studied during the 24 hours before death and 250 patients during the weeks before death: 60% were well orientated in time and space 24 hours before death and 26% at 15 minutes before death. A control group of patients with serious, but not fatal, illness were also studied. There was a contrast in attitude to death between the dying patients and the ill bu...

Psychotherapy of the dying patient.

For a long time now the emotional needs of the dying patient have been largely ignored by the medical profession. The literatu.re on the psychological management of the patient with terminal illness is sparse. Such papers that have been written have tended to appear in specialist journals and have not been readily available to the general practitioner-as, for example, those by Weisman and Hacke...

The houseman and the dying patient.

Ethical dilemmas and the dying Muslim patient.

All health care providers may be confronted by a Muslim patient, but many health care professionals are lacking basic knowledge on the Muslim faith and medical ethics based on Islamic law (Shariah). One must endeavour to differentiate between ethnic customs and Islamic tradition. It is important for staff to have a general understanding of the principles of Islamic beliefs and actions to attain...

The Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient: a critical

The Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (‘the LCP’) Background: was an integrated care pathway (ICP) recommended by successive governments in England and Wales to improve end-of-life care, using insights from hospice and palliative care. It was discontinued in 2014 following mounting criticism and a national review. The ensuing debate among clinicians polarised between ‘blaming’ of th...