To the Editor, The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) were introduced on the 1st April 2009 to provide a framework for the lawful detention of individuals in hospitals (including hospices) or care homes who are unable to consent to their placement.1 The DoLS have come under increased scrutiny this year due to the Supreme Court […]
Category: Letters
E-Letter Response to ‘Comparing the needs of families of children dying from malignant and non- malignant disease: an in-depth qualitative study’ (Jayne Price, Joanne Jordan, Lindsay Prior, Jackie Parkes, BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care (2012; 2: 127-132))
Article citation: Jayne Price, Joanne Jordan, Lindsay Prior, Jackie Parkes; ‘Comparing the needs of families of children dying from malignant and non-malignant disease: an in-depth qualitative study’; BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care (2012; 2: 127-132) Abstract, Full Text, PDF Our journal club appraised with interest the study of Jayne Price and colleagues, which compared the needs […]
E-Letter Response: ‘Don’t be Bitter: be Better’
Article Citation: Catherine Sweeney, Gerardine Lynch, Ali Khashan, Bridget Maher, Marie Murphy, Tony O’Brien; ‘The impact of a medical undergraduate student-selected module in palliative care’; BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care (2014; 4: 92-97) Abstract, Full Text, PDF Death is arguably the most important thing about us. It is our ‘condition of creation’ so to speak, and to deny its […]