Nair, K. orcid.org/0000-0002-4004-2315, Lee, M., Hobson, E. orcid.org/0000-0002-8497-2338 et al. (2 more authors) (2022) End-of-life care of people with long-term neurological conditions. Practical Neurology, 22 (5). pp. 385-391. ISSN 1474-7758
Abstract
Guidance and protocols of end-of-life care have been directed towards the care of patients with cancer. It is possible to extrapolate some of these to people with long-term neurological conditions, but there are obvious differences. Neurological conditions have widely different time courses of progression, making the timing of these discussions challenging. The common issues around end-of-life care include knowing when to start discussions, approaching advance planning, managing common symptoms, diagnosing the dying phase, withdrawing life-sustaining treatments, providing support for family and carers and judging how to involve specialist palliative care teams. End-of-life care needs close collaboration between neurology, specialist palliative care and general practice.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
Keywords: | Parkinson-s disease; motor neuron disease; quality of life |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Sheffield Teaching Hospitals |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2022 13:53 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jan 2023 01:30 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | BMJ |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1136/practneurol-2022-003361 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:190617 |