End of Life Care
Use this guide to find information resources about end of life care including books, reports and journal articles.
Last updated:
16/07/2024
Key Resources
RCN Learning resource: End of life care and wellbeing for the nursing and midwifery workforce
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Online learning resource for nursing staff:
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Royal College of Nursing (2023) Mouth care during end of life care keeping the mouth clean, moist and comfortable. London: RCN.
Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, King’s College London (2023) A right to be heard: better palliative and end-of-life care for people affected by dementia. London: King’s College London.
Hospice UK (2023) I just want to be me: trans and gender diverse communities’ access to and experiences of palliative and end of life care. London: Hospice UK.
The King’s Fund (2023) Dying well at home : commissioning quality end-of-life care. London: The King’s Fund.
Marie Curie (2022) Caring for LGBTQ+ people at the end of life.
Marie Curie (2022) The better end of life report 2022: mind the gaps: understanding and improving out-of-hours care for people with advanced illness and their informal carers Research Report. London: Marie Curie.
NHS (2021): End of life care.
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Information aimed at the public
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NHS Benchmarking Network (2023) National audit of care at the end of life: fourth round of the audit (2022/23) report. England and Wales. UK: Health Quality Improvement Partnership.
National Palliative and End of Life Care Partnership (2021) Ambitions for palliative and end of life care: A national framework for local action 2021-2026. UK: Ambitions Partnership.
We would like to thank the RCN Pain and Palliative Care member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.
Books
Acquaviva K D (2023) The handbook of LGBTQIA-inclusive hospice and palliative care. New York: Columbia University Press.
André B and Ringdal G I (2023) Health promotion in palliative care. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Blackmore T and Parker G (2020) Community palliative care and COVID-19: a handbook for clinicians who care for palliative patients with COVID-19 in community settings. Class Professional Publishing: Bridgwater.
Costello J (2019) Adult palliative care for nursing, health and social care. London: Sage Publications.
Currow D, Clark K and Kleinig P (2024) Emergencies in supportive and palliative care. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Dickman A (2023) Drugs in palliative care. 3rd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hallenbeck J L (2022) Palliative care perspectives. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Incorporated.
Hardy B and Flemming K (2023) Palliative and end of life nursing care. London: Learning Matters.
Mannix K (2019) With the end in mind: dying, death and wisdom in an age of denial. London: William Collins.
Pryde N (2022) Enhanced palliative care. Bridgwater: Class Publishing.
Shapiro S P (2019) Speaking for the dying: life-and-death decisions in intensive care. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press.
Wright P M (2021) Fast facts for the hospice nurse: a concise guide to end-of-life care. 2nd edn. New York: Springer.
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Journal articles
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Journals
Journals of interest for end of life care. Use these links to see details of availability.
Explore
Royal College of Nursing (no date) Care home journey. RCN.
Hospice UK (no date) Dying matters resources.
Social Care Institute for Excellence (2014) End of life care: achieving dignity for those with dementia, Great Britain: Social Care TV (video).
Social Care Institute for Excellence (2014) End of life and palliative care: Thinking about the words we use, Great Britain: Social Care TV (video).
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Joseph Dempster
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RCN Library and Museum
Page last updated - 16/07/2024
