The LCP is an evidence-based integrated care pathway that provides guidance to generic
health care professionals to deliver best practice end-of-life care. My role as the LCP Project …

We did not specifically set out to produce an implementation framework. It developed more
organically from our accumulated experiences of trying to apply research into practice. In the …

Objectives The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) for the dying patient was designed to improve
end-of-life care in generalist healthcare settings. Controversy has led to its withdrawal in …

This book has evolved from a longstanding involvement in work at the interface between
research and practice and a fundamental concern with improving the quality of patient care …

Background New Zealand is one of 20 countries implementing the Liverpool Care Pathway
for the Dying Patient (LCP) to improve quality care of the dying. The LCP is an integrated …

The modern hospice movement was championed by Dame Cecily Saunders in 1967 with
the opening of St Christopher's Hospice in London. The driving force of the hospice …

Background Following criticism of the Liverpool Care of the Dying Pathway (LCP), widely
used to guide care of dying people in British health-care settings, the UK Government set up …

Over the past few years a major drive has been underway to ensure that the care of all dying
patients and their relatives or carers is of the highest possible standard in the last hours or …

Conclusion The prominence given to active learning and creativity using a systematic
approach to planning and evaluation is enabling individuals within teams to create …

Understanding the key factors that influence the evidentiary basis for practice and using
skills in retrieving evidence that informs practice change are essential to the development of …