ABSTRACT

This comprehensive resource book, the key text for the Gold Standards Framework (GSF) Programme, supports and enables all primary health professionals, and all those involved in palliative care, to make improvements in care provided for their patients, as recommended in the NICE guidance on Supportive and Palliative Care. It aims to strengthen the role, confidence, systems and skills of primary healthcare teams for the delivery of palliative care and patient support. The GSF, recommended and promoted by the NHS End of Life Initiative, Modernisation Agency and Macmillan, is already used by over 1000 teams in the UK, and is now being offered to every primary care team to improve end-of-life care for all.

part 1|60 pages

Palliative care at home: why is it important?

chapter Chapter 2|12 pages

A modern way of dying

chapter Chapter 3|15 pages

Living and dying at home

chapter Chapter 4|18 pages

Needs-based care

part 2|111 pages

Present knowledge and words of wisdom: how can we begin?

chapter Chapter 5|16 pages

Evidence-based care

chapter Chapter 6|19 pages

Changes in a changing world

chapter Chapter 8|33 pages

Tripwires in palliative care

chapter Chapter 9|6 pages

Bereavement

part 3|104 pages

The Gold Standards Framework – A Handbook for Practices and the GSF Programme

chapter Chapter 13|13 pages

Coordination: Gold Standard 2

chapter Chapter 17|13 pages

Carer support: Gold Standard 6