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Palliative Care
Remember to check the Healthcare Resources (NHS), Nursing Databases (Keele), Midwifery Databases (Keele) and Medical Databases (Keele) pages for more resources and journals. The Literature Searching page will also contain a wide range of searchable resources. You can find more Internet links on our Delicious feed. If you find any broken links please report them to the e-resources librarian.
BMJ Specialty: Palliative Care
Centre for Death and Society - Bath University research centre for social aspects of death, dying and bereavement
Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Support Care Group
Ethical Guidance: End of Life Care (GMC) - series of guidance documents and learning materials relating to doctors’ duties during end of life care, from the GMC
International Observatory on End of Life Care - comprehensive website managed by Lancaster University, with good section on patient/carer experiences, ethics and service evaluation
Macmillan Cancer Support - patient-oriented website, but with resources for healthcare professionals also
Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool (MCPCIL) - includes information about the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient
National Council for Palliative Care - includes a section for health professionals as well as patient support
National End of Life Care Programme - aims to improve end of life care via the End of Life Care strategy
National End of Life Care Intelligence Network - collection of resources, statistics, tools and data to help improve end of life care
Palliative Care Journal Club - journals and articles relating to palliative care, RSS feeds are available
Palliative Care Matters - news and articles published relating to palliative care
PalliativeDrugs.com - information about drugs used in palliative and hospice care
Shaare Zedek Cancer Pain and Palliative Care Reference Database - specialist literature search database
WHO Palliative Care - World Health Organisation's pages on palliative care. Back issues to Cancer Pain Review available here
European Association for Palliative Care - links to international organisation, project reports, guidelines and research forum
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care - includes sections relating to ethics, international newsletters, policy and advocacy tools, international standards and treatment guidelines
International Association for the Study of Pain - hosts a good collection of multi-lingual patient information leaflets, listings of pain terminology and Pain the News amongst other resources
National Council for Palliative Care - umbrella organisation for all those who are involved in providing, commissioning and using palliative care
Dying Matters - promotes awareness of death, dying and bereavement
Help the Hospices - UK charity with resources for healthcare professionals on sharing best practice, guidelines, statistics, audit tools, hospice management tools and advice
Marie Curie Cancer Care - charity resources for healthcare professionals
Macmillan Cancer Support: End of Life - support for patients and their relatives
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