The Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying (LCP): Lost in translation and a tale of elephants, men, myopia - And a horse

摘要

To reflect on the eruption of articles, opinions, blogs and counter-blogs about the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying (LCP) and Baroness Neuberger's Review2 feels Sisyphean but necessary. While it is time to move on, in doing so, palliative care must think very deeply about what should change about ourselves. This is not to imply that nothing is being done already, to undermine current initiative where it is to be found, nor to pre-empt the engagement work .being undertaken by the Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People.