provide practical advice and prompts along the end-of-life journey. It is not designed to be
read as a stand alone document, or to be prescriptive on an individual patient’s care, rather it
provides a set of key considerations for staff in end-of-life care. ]]> of end-of-life care that people can expect in a hospital hospitals in terms of service
provision, support and quality of care and identify the essential elements that need to be
in place to ensure a consistent quality approach to end of life care across the hospital
setting, whether death is sudden or expected. ]]> emergency departments. The first study was carried out by clinicians in an
emergency department and the second study retrospectively examined reasons
for admissions from the perspective of three community hospitals.
]]> The Seminar took place on April 17, 2008 in Croke Park Seminar Centre, Dublin.
ItI attracted over 100 delegates from across the statutory, voluntary and private sectors.
Delegates included policy-makers in the fields of health and in particular in the area of palliative care; planners and providers of services for older people; planners and
providers of health at a national and regional level; older people, representatives of older people and carers; and researchers with an interest in ageing, service planning
and quality of life issues.]]> The National Library of Ireland. ]]> Claire Goddard.]]> Marie Donnelly. ]]> Charles Normand.]]>