Royal College of Nursing (2025) Assisted dying: guidance and support 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.

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Clinical resources on RCN Learn

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British Geriatrics Society: End of life care in frailty.

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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.

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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.

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The King’s Fund (2023) Dying well at home : commissioning quality end-of-life care. London: The King’s Fund.

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Marie Curie (2022) Palliative and end of life care for LGBTQ+ people.

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Marie Curie: National guidelines for end of life care.

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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.

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NHS: End of life care.

• 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.

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Nuffield Trust (2025) Assisted dying in practice: international experiences and implications for health and social care.

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Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines: Scottish palliative care guidelines.

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We would like to thank the RCN Pain and Palliative Care member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Acquaviva K D (2023) The handbook of LGBTQIA-inclusive hospice and palliative care. New York: Columbia University Press.

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André B and Ringdal G I (2023) Health promotion in palliative care. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 

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Berger A and Carr D B (eds.) (2025) Clinical and ethical dilemmas in palliative and end-of-life care. New York: Oxford University Press.

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Currow D, Clark K and Kleinig P (2024) Emergencies in supportive and palliative care. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Dewhurst F et al. (2024) Challenging cases in palliative care. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Incorporated.

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Dickman A (2023) Drugs in palliative care. 3rd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Finlay I and Hughes J (eds.) (2025) The reality of assisted dying: understanding the issues. Maidenhead: Open University Press McGraw Hill.

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Hallenbeck J L (2022) Palliative care perspectives. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Incorporated.

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Hardy B and Flemming K (2023) Palliative and end of life nursing care. London: Learning Matters.

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Higginson I (ed.) (2025) Research methods in palliative, supportive, and end-of-life care. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Kitchen R et al. (2024) Handbook of palliative care. 4th edn. Newark: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.

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Pickard J and Hindmarsh J (eds.) (2025) Oxford case histories in palliative medicine. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Pryde N (2022) Enhanced palliative care. Bridgwater: Class Publishing.

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Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic.

• Assisted dying
• Death and dying
• End of life care
• Nursing older people
• Palliative care
• Terminal care

Use these links for details of journal articles on each topic.

• Assisted dying
• Death and dying
• End of life care
• Nutrition and hydration at the end of life
• Palliative Care
• Terminal care

Journals of interest for end of life care. Use these links to see details of availability.

• BMC Palliative Care
• British Journal of Community Nursing
• Death studies
• International Journal of Palliative Nursing
• Palliative and Supportive Care
• Primary Healthcare

Hospice UK (no date) Dying matters resources.

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Mannix K (2023) Dying for beginners (video). A short video aimed at the public: