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POSTnote by Abbi Hobbs. It was first published on Wednesday, 8 October 2014. It was last updated on Wednesday, 8 October 2014.


Palliative and End of Life Care

Palliative and end of life care refer to the care of people who have an incurable and progressive illness. This POSTnote provides an overview of palliative care and its key components, approaches to managing and standardising care and key challenges to providing high quality care.

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Secondary information

Type
Research briefing
Reference
POST-PN-481 
Subjects
Palliative care Pain Standards Social services Terminal illnesses
Published by
POST
Link
View this Research briefing on researchbriefings.parliament.uk