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The Importance of Quality End of Life Care for Patients and their Families.
From ONS 2011 - A discussion with M.E. (Ineke) Lokker, MSc, Researcher, Department of Public Health at the Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam in The Netherlands regarding the need for quality end of life care for both patients and their families in the palliative environment, whether it be home or hospice. About the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) The LCP is an integrated care pathway tool designed to increase sustained quality of care for the dying in the last hours and days of life.