The Liverpool Care Pathway: discarded in cancer patients but good enough for dying nursing home patients? A systematic review
Abstract Background The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) is an interdisciplinary protocol, aiming to ensure that dying patients receive dignified and individualized treatment and care at the end-of-life. LCP was originally developed in 1997 in the United Kingdom from a model of cancer care successfully...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Ethics |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-017-0205-x |