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- Title
Good practice in helping people cope with terminal illnesses.
- Authors
Marriott, Anna; Marriott, Jan; Heslop, Pauline
- Abstract
The Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities reviewed the deaths over a two-year period of all people with learning disabilities living in five primary care trusts. It aimed to identify good practice in the care of people with learning disabilities, and to contribute to learning and recommendations about what might have been done differently. This article presents a case study about end-of-life planning and palliative care. It discusses how a multidisciplinary team collaborated to support an individual with a terminal condition. Examples are given of the good practice recognised by the confidential inquiry investigation and learning points arising from the case are highlighted.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; TERMINAL care &; psychology; PEOPLE with intellectual disabilities; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; HEALTH services accessibility; MEDICAL ethics; PALLIATIVE treatment; PRIVACY; SOCIAL support
- Publication
Learning Disability Practice, 2013, Vol 16, Issue 6, p22
- ISSN
1465-8712
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7748/ldp2013.07.16.6.22.e1436