End of Life Care in Frailty: Signposting and resources

Clinical guidelines

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Authors:

British Geriatrics Society

Topics:

End of life care

Date Published:

12 May 2020

Last updated:

12 May 2020

The aim of this guidance series is to support clinicians and others to consider the needs of frail older people as they move towards the end of their lives and help them to provide high quality care.

This chapter collates relevant external resources and signposting links for easy reference. Please click here to view the other chapters in this series.

End of life care and dementia - BGS

Clinical guidelines on falls and fractures

Beachamp T, Childress J. Principles of Biomedical Ethics. Oxford University Press 7^th Edition; 2012.

Legal framework

Codes of practice

Ariadne Labs – Critical Moments
Resuscitation Council (UK) - ReSPECT
Gold Standards Framework Acute Hospitals Training Programme
Palliative care guidelines - 1, 2
Dying Matters

England

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

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