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Resources: understanding death and dying

Dying Matters 

people in hospitalWhat is palliative care?

Answers many questions about how palliative care is provided.

Planning for your future care

A booklet providing a simple explanation about advance care planning and the different options open to you.

External organisations

NHS Choices: What is end of life care?

Information about what you can expect during end of life care and the things you may want to think about.

Macmillan Cancer Support: End of life and dying with cancer

Practical advice and emotional support towards the end of your life, or that of someone close to you.

Marie Curie: Support for patients

Information and advice on how to maintain quality of life with a terminal diagnosis through cancer.

Together for Short Lives

Offers a guide to end of life care of children and young people.

Young people facing bereavement

Hope Support

Support for young people when a close family member is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.

Palliative care by UK country

NHS Choices: Accessing palliative care

Comprehensive overview of palliative care in England and Wales.

Good Life, Good Grief, Good Death

Alliance established and hosted by the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care which provides Scotland-focused information and help for those facing the end of life, and their relatives and carers.  

Further reading 

The D-Word: Talking about Dying

Comprehensive information on the dying process.

How to have a Good Death

Find out how to deal with death, from understanding the process of dying to communicating with health staff.

Dying Well: A Guide to Enabling a Good Death

This text looks at the various ways in which people of different professions, cultures, religions and philosophical standpoints view death. It covers the hospice movement, euthanasia, living wills and advance directives.

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Planning ahead
Talking about death and dying
What to do after someone dies
Bereavement
Information for carers
Concerns about end of life care
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