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The rich picture on people at end of life
- Author:
- MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT
- Publisher:
- Macmillan Cancer Support
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The ‘Rich Pictures’ are evidence-based summaries of the numbers, needs and experiences of different groupings within the 2 million people living with cancer in the UK. They contain a range of evidence and insight including how many people are within the group and what their typical needs and experiences are. This document provides information on people at the end of life. Over 561,000 people die in the UK every year and cancer is the cause of 28% of these deaths. Most people (63%) would prefer to die at home, but only 21% of them do so. The document summarises what is known about the needs and experiences of people at different stages of the end of life journey (terminal diagnosis, palliative treatment, approaching death, and death and bereavement). It also considers the sort of experiences people with cancer and their families experience at end of life. Three specialist themes are also considered: people with learning disabilities at the end of life; people at the end of life in prison; and children at the end of life.