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The last hours
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2: Managing distress

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Journal articles

Bolund C. Loss, mourning and growth in the process of dying Palliative Medicine. 1993; 7(2): 17-25.

Chapman CR. Gavrin J. Suffering and the dying patient. Journal of Pharmaceutical Care in Pain & Symptom Control. 1995; 3: 67-90.

Edmonds P. Karlsen S. Khan S. Addington-Hall J. A comparison of the palliative care needs of patients dying from chronic respiratory diseases and lung cancer. Palliative Medicine. 2001; 15(4): 287-95.

Frager G. Improving end-of-life care: Listening to voices from the trenches. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 2001; 21(3): 249-250.

Higginson IJ. Astin P. Dolan S. Where do cancer patients die? Ten-year trends in the place of death of cancer patients in England. Palliative Medicine. 1998; 12(5): 353-363.

Jaccaud M. The dreams of dying cancer patients at the end of life. Psychotherapies. 1990; 10(2): 77-84.

Lichter I. Hunt E. The last 48 hours of life. Journal of Palliative Care. 1990; 6(4): 7-15.

Luddington L. Cox S. Higginson I. Livesley B. The need for palliative care for patients with non-cancer diseases: a review of the evidence. International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 2001; 7(5): 221-6.

Owen C. Tennant C. Levi J. Jones M. Cancer patients' attitudes to final events in life: Wish for death attitudes to cessation of treatment, suicide and euthanasia. Psycho-Oncology. 1994; 3(1): 1-9.

Seamark DA. Williams S. Hall M. Lawrence CJ. Gilbert J. Dying from cancer in community hospitals or a hospice: Closest lay carers' perceptions. British Journal of General Practice. 1998; 48(431): 1317-21.

Steinhauser KE. Clipp EC. Tulsky JA. Evolution in measuring the quality of dying. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2002; 5(3): 407-14.

Wennman-Larsen A. Tishelman C. Advanced home care for cancer patients at the end of life: a qualitative study of hopes and expectations of family caregivers. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 2002; 16(3): 240-7.

Book resources

Stedeford A. Facing death : patients, families and professionals   London : Heinemann Medical Books, 1984. (178p. ISBN 0433315504)