Dying Matters Awareness Week

14 - 20 May 2018 is Dying Matters Awareness Week.Every year in May, Dying Matters and its coalition members host an Awareness Week, which gives an opportunity to place the importance of talking about dying, death and bereavement firmly on the national agenda. The theme for 2018 is, " What Can You Do... in your community? "TheCochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Review Group produces reviews on palliative care for those with life-limiting disease or illness, and supportive care of patients and significant others living with serious illness. They have been working closely withHospice UK, a national charity for hospice care, and theDying Matters Coalition in order to share best evidence in palliative care during the Awareness Week.The Cochrane evidence on this topic area are: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of home palliative care services for adults with advanced illness and their caregiversEnd-of-life care pathways for improving outcomes in caring for the dyingMedically assisted hydration for adult palliative care patientsMedically assisted nutrition for adult palliative care patientsPalliative pharmacological sedation for terminally ill adultsPharmacological interventions for pain in children and adolescents with life-limiting conditionsExercise for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adultsImpact of morphine, fentanyl, oxycodone or codeine on patient consciousness, appetite and thirst when used to treat cancer painBlog post:Hospital at Home Increases t...
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