The assault on the Liverpool care pathway

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 30 Oct 2012 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 345, pages e7316-e7316 (eissn: 1756-1833,

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Authors: Margaret, McCartney;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7316

pmid: 23112122

The assault on the Liverpool care pathway

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Abstract

The Liverpool care pathway has recently come under fire, with newspapers accusing hospitals of using it to kill terminally ill patients, Margaret McCartney reports

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Terminal Care, Time Factors, Euthanasia, Critical Pathways, Humans, United Kingdom

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