ABSTRACT
Protracted dying, in hospitals, makes a disproportionate demand on health resources. Since the early warning bells, there is now a growing realization that aging of populations gives rise to new issues related to health and care services for the dying and require fresh perspectives on death and dying. This chapter shows how patients suffered at the moment of dying even though the physicians and the nurses of the hospital accepted Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP). Many primary health facilities are now equipped to deliver palliative care, which is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing problems associated with life-threatening illness. The task of end-of-life care provision for elderly is likely to be extremely tough for developing countries that are still struggling with infectious diseases affecting younger cohort, hospitals that are short of both equipment and health professionals, and the obligation to follow global policies that are framed primarily in Western contexts.
