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Dying matters: public attitudes to bereavement survey
- Author:
- COMRES
- Publisher:
- Dying Matters Coalition
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 37
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents the raw data of a survey of public attitudes to bereavement across England. Of the 2,058 people surveyed, approximately half (47%) said they would feel uncomfortable talking to someone who has been recently bereaved and significant numbers of bereaved people have experienced negative reactions to their grief, including people avoiding them and the loss of friendships. (Edited publisher abstract)
Good decision making: what you need to know about the Mental Capacity Act and end of life care
- Authors:
- NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR PALLIATIVE CARE, DYING MATTERS COALITION
- Publishers:
- National Council for Palliative Care, Dying Matters Coalition
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
This booklet provides information to help people approaching the end of life, their families and carers, and health and social care staff to understand the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and how it affects decision-making at the end of life. It explains how people can use the MCA to express and protect their wishes about their future care and what it means for carers. It includes information on assessing a person’s capacity to make a decisions, making a best interests decisions, Independent Mental Capacity Advocates, and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS). (Edited publisher abstract)