Integrating palliative care into the community: the role of hospices and schools

Integrating palliative care into the community: the role of hospices and schools

Paul S; Cree V E; Murray S A

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care

2019

article; bereavement support; capacity building; child; curriculum; female; hospice care; human; human experiment; male; palliative therapy; primary school; public health; Scotland

OBJECTIVES: Palliative care services have, up to now, paid insufficient attention to social aspects of dying and bereavement and this has affected how patients and their families experience end of life and bereavement within their communities. New public health approaches to palliative care offer a different way forward by seeking to develop communities that support death and bereavement. Such approaches are now a priority for the majority of hospices in the UK and work with schools has been identified as a key area of work. Practice that engages schools and children on issues concerning end-of-life care is, however, underdeveloped and underdocumented. This research explored the role of hospices in working with schools to promote education and support around end-of-life and bereavement experiences.

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