BEREAVEMENT PATHWAYS PROJECT
ARTICLES, PAPERS, RESEARCH AND LINKS

Published papers have been brought together here as a collection that might be of interest and prove helpful for those involved with this project.

Developing an end-of-life care pathway to improve nurses' bereavement care
An article in the Nursing Times of 13 January 2009 by Dawn Chaplin, MSc, DipC, RGN, head of bereavement serives at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham, on the development of a pathway to improve nursing care of dying patients and their families.

National Audit Office, Value for Money Report - End of Life Care

Care after death: Case studies from the NHS

The Department of Health End of Life Care Strategy and updates

THE NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE REPORTS ON END OF LIFE CARE

Our NHS, Our Future - ten year vision for the NHS with input from each SHA and Lord Darzi

Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cancer Network, Network-wide Guidelines for Advanced Care Planning for End of Life Care and Bereavement, November 2007

Bereavement and Bereavement Care, Consultation and Mapping of Practice (Phase 2), Final Report in full, September 2006, School of Nursing and Midwifery, The Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

Literature Review on Bereavement and Bereavement Care, Dr Peter Wimpenny, Associate Director, The Joanna Briggs Collaborating Centre

A Guide to Cultural and Spiritual Awareness, Royal College of Nursing, by Jean Serge Mootoo, Somerset Academy, East Somerset NHS Trust

Elders Talk - Listening to Older People, Help the Aged

Quality of life at the end of life, August 2007, BioMed Central

End of Life Clinical Working Group: a considered collation of opinion and evidence from an experienced group of stakeholders seeking to lay out areas of general consensus about how End of Life Care might be improved in the Capital. May 2007

The King’s Fund Information and Library Service, Reading List for Care Pathways

When a Patient Dies, Advice on Developing Bereavement Services in the NHS, October 2005

UK Bereavement Care Standards, published 2001

Do religious or spiritual beliefs influence bereavement?, A systematic review, Palliative Medicine 2007; 21: 207–217

Care provided by generalists at the end of life: scoping exercise on research priorities, Research Summary, National Institute for Health Research

The Liverpool Care Pathway: Care of the Dying Pathway

Operating framework 2007/08: PCT baseline review of services for end of life care

Data and End of Life Care Strategy - Improving Data and Information on End of Life Care is a priority, Mike Richards, June 2007

Implementing a new approach to bereavement needs assessment: a challenge for practitioners and organisations: Dr Linda Machin, Research Fellow, Keele University; Nikki Archer St Giles Hospice, Lichfield; Dr Marilyn Relf, Sir Michael Sobell House, Oxford

Palliative care for cancer patients in a primary health care setting, Bereaved relatives' experience. A qualitative group interview study, BioMed Central, January 2008

Patient UK - a collection of useful information about end of life care and terminal illness