Lessons from the Liverpool Care Pathway: evidence is key

David C. Currow; Amy P. Abernethy

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62039-5

Lessons from the Liverpool Care Pathway: evidence is key

David C. Currow, Amy P. Abernethy

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Abstract

Across health care there is a need to improve care for people who are dying, which has led to widespread uptake of the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) before adequate assessment. The effect of poor assessment was worsened when LCP was taken up by bureaucrats who did not understand the implications of widespread implementation of an initiative for which the net effects were poorly defined

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	192-193
Number of pages	2
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	383
Issue number	9913
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62039-5
Publication status	Published - 18 Jan 2014

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LCP
palliative care

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