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100			_aBBC
245		4	_aThe report : the Liverpool care pathway [MP3]
260			_bBBC, _c2013
505			_aLiverpool Care Pathway"
520			_aBroadcast 15 August 2013 : 20.00 : BBC Radio 4
520			_aCritics dubbed the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway the ""road to death"" and accused the NHS of killing off thousands of elderly patients. Supporters say it has helped terminally ill people have a peaceful and dignified death. The campaign against the Liverpool Care Pathway was fuelled by countless stories in the newspapers of patients being deprived of food and water and heavily sedated. Following the publication in July 2013 of an independent review, the government announced that the Liverpool Care Pathway will be phased out in NHS hospitals in England. But some medical professionals fear the baby has been thrown out with the bathwater. In this programme, Helen Grady looks at the back story - how and why the Liverpool Care Pathway was rolled out, the opposition campaign and the likely impact for patients of the Pathway's demise. She talks to relatives of patients who were on the pathway, doctors and palliative care experts.
690			_aAUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS AND MEDIA
690			_aRADIO
690			_aPALLIATIVE CARE NURSING
690			_aTERMINAL CARE
690			_aTERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS
690			_aTERMINALLY ILL PEOPLE
690			_aCARE PLANS
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