Academic articles
Care provision
Griffith, S., 2018. Prepared for end-of-life care: A concept analysis. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 24(8), pp. 399–410.
Hickey, S. and Williams, M., 2021. The nursing management required to provide effective end-of-life care in a care home setting: A case study. Nursing and Residential Care, 23(2), pp. 1–7.
Salisbury, C. et al. (2023) Improving personalised care for people with multiple health conditions. Personalised Care Institute.
Webb, W.A., Mitchell, T., Snelling, P. and Nyatanga, B., 2020. Life’s hard and then you die: The end-of-life priorities of people experiencing homelessness in the UK. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 26(3), pp. 120–132.
Coulter, A., Kramer, G., Warren, T. and Salisbury, C. (2016) Building the House of Care for people with long-term conditions. British Journal of General Practice, 66(645), pp.288–e290.
Prognostication
Bruun, A., Oostendorp, L., Bloch, S., White, N., Mitchinson, L., Sisk, A.R. and Stone, P., 2022. Prognostic decision-making about imminent death within multidisciplinary teams: A scoping review. BMJ Open 12(4), p. e057194.
Marcus, J.D. and Mott, F.E., 2014. Difficult conversations: From diagnosis to death. Ochsner Journal, 14(4), pp. 712–717.
Rosenfeld, B., Walsh, L.E., Zhu, D., Cham, H., Polacek, L.C., Duva, M.M. and Applebaum, A.J., 2022. Measuring a patient’s understanding of their prognosis: An exploratory analysis. Psycho-Oncology, 31(10), pp. 1790–1798.
Communication
Communication needs in palliative care | For professionals | Marie Curie
https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/professionals/palliative-care-knowledge-zone/communication-in-care
Effective communication in palliative care from the perspectives of patients and relatives: A systematic review – PubMed
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37646464/
Clinical Supervision and reflective practice
Kingsley, M.J., Hussain, F. and Ma, R., 2023. Level 2 clinical supervision for community practitioners working with palliative and end-of-life care patients. British Journal of Nursing, 32(2), pp. 66–72.
Lucas, B., 2023. Using reflection in nursing practice to enhance patient care. Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain): 1987), 38(6), pp. 44–49.
Papworth, A., Ziegler, L., Beresford, B., Mukherjee, S., Fraser, L., Fisher, V., O’Neill, M., Golder, S., Bedendo, A. and Taylor, J., 2023. Psychological well-being of hospice staff: Systematic review. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.
Leadership
Scobie, G. et al. (2022) Integrated care studies: The SCFNuka (Alaska) and Canterbury (New Zealand) models. Public Health Scotland.
Hewison, A., Sawbridge, Y. and Tooley, L., 2019. Compassionate leadership in palliative and end-of-life care: A focus group study. Leadership in Health Services, 32(2), pp. 264–279.
Grief and loss
Alzheimer’s Society, 2021. Grief, loss, and bereavement. Alzheimer’s Society: London.
Smith, M.A., Robinson, L. and Segal, J., 2024. Coping with grief and loss. Helpguide.org. https://www.helpguide.org/articles/grief/coping-with-grief-and-loss.htm
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