"Stories of nurses shouting at families who give a patient a drink were frequent" >An utterly indefensible disgrace > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2364029/How-Liverpool-Care-Pathway-used-excuse-appalling-care.html …
@garyk01 You're right, but a model which withholds life sustaining factors might have the same effect, if used inappropriately. Adds risk.
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@C7RKY the mail seems to say trusts have been paid to end lives. if it isnt that literal, it is poor journalism -
@garyk01 Perhaps so. The big question for me is who gets to decide who's 'dying'? LCP has its place, but not w/o consultation in my mind. -
@C7RKY developed to ensure a comfortable end for people in the last stages of terminal cancer, with patient and relatives as part of a team -
@garyk01 iI's the last part where the problem lays for me. Half of all LCP deaths w/o knowledge of pt/family from what I read? That's wrong. -
@C7RKY NHS management failed badly in not implementing and managing widescale use of the model, if it was aimed at bettering standards. -
@garyk01 It believe it had good intent. But when used without discussion & tales emerge of LCP 'survivors', serious questions must be asked. -
@C7RKY definitely. I guess thats why the scandal is here. I have asked the mail to clarify what they meant in the article
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@C7RKY policies such as no resuscitation and no antibiotics where there is no benefit to quality of life have been followed for decades.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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