Executive summary The story of dying in the 21st century is a story of paradox. While many
people are overtreated in hospitals with families and communities relegated to the margins …

In early 2013, an online survey of over 200 UK palliative care services published in the
British Medical Journal found that most of these services were prioritizing 'community …

Aims: To determine who provides bereavement support in the community, what sources are
perceived to be the most or least helpful and for what reason, and to identify the empirical …

Background: Communities play an increasingly significant role in their own health and social
care, and evidence demonstrates the positive impact of this work on a range of health …

Death comes to all humans, but how death is managed, symbolized and experienced varies
widely, not only between individuals but also between groups. What then shapes how a …

Within policy and practice there is an increasing interest in the care of frail elders. However
understanding of the experience and challenges of living and dying with frailty in older age …

Objective: The right to health includes a right of access to good quality palliative care, but
inequalities persist. Raising awareness is a key plank of the public health approach to …

Death literacy is defined as a set of knowledge and skills that make it possible to gain
access to understand and act upon end-of-life and death care options. People, and …

The English End of Life Care Strategy promises that all patients with advanced, life limiting
illness will have the opportunity to participate in Advance Care Planning (ACP). For patients …

Specialist palliative care, within hospices in particular, has historically led and set the
standard for caring for patients at end of life. The focus of this care has been mostly for …