End of life

Attitudes and perceptions of paramedics about end-of-life care: a literature review

A total record of 89 papers were screened, but only 11 met the inclusion criteria after quality assessment as per the PRISMA statement (Moher et al, 2009) (Figure 1). The papers included studies...

Paramedic attitudes towards DNACPR orders

A systematic review of published literature was performed in November 2016, using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses convention (Moher et al, 2009). Similar...

Pain: highlighting the law and ethics of pain relief in end-of-life patients

The developments that were envisaged by the Department of Health's (2000) healthcare reform plan have placed a wider scope of professional practice on many healthcare workers and have allowed for...

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