Library of Other Useful Information
What do you see?
This is a film by Amanda Waring, starring Virginia Mckenna. It is a powerful short film which takes a journey through a day in the life and a life in the day of stroke victim Elsie. Elsie craves compassion and understanding of the person she is inside, rather than the useless "carcass" she may appear on the outside. Elsie makes a silent but heartfelt plea for her carers to "look closer...see...me". For more information and how to order this DVD please visit Amanda Waring's website
Advance Care Planning
Other Articles
- End-of-life care for children and young people: a survey of general practitioners to determine their preferred involvement. Karen L Shaw, Frances J Badger, Keri Thomas; The Gold Standards Framework Paediatric Group.
- The Final Curtain (interview with Keri Thomas for an article that appeared in the Guardian paper on 28 Jan 2009). Assisted suicide overshadows the debate about how to die, but the NHS end of life care champion tells Mark Gould why making plans for how we want to end our days might prevent impersonal hospital deaths
- Evidence Base Chapter from GSF text book
- Continuous Quality Improvement Joanne Lynn
- BMJ Editorial Developing Primary Palliative Care
- Nursing Standard End of Life Care
- NHS Confederation Briefing Paper on End of Life Care
- The Gold Standards Framework is pivotal to palliative care. Guidelines in Practice June 2006
- Palliative Care: Geriatrics and elderly care medicine. Oncology Supplement May 2006
- The development of an Integrated Care Pathway for all patients with advanced life-limiting illness - Supportive Care Pathway article by Jill Main, Claire Whittle, Jonathan Treml, John Woolley and Alistair Main
- ABC Palliative Care Chapter 16 by Keri Thomas published by Blackwell Publishing. This is an electronic version of a chapter published in ABC Palliative Care 2nd Edition
- Thomas K, Toon (1987), “Health Care and the Homeless – a survey” British Journal of General Practice
- Thomas K ‘Out of Hours Palliative Care – Bridging the Gap’ European Journal of Palliative Care (2000)
- Thomas K. Out of Hours Palliative Care in the Community. London: Macmillan Cancer Relief, 2001
- Thomas K (2001) The Gold Standards Framework Project Journal of Primary Care Dec 03
- Thomas K. Caring for the Dying at Home: Companions on the Journey. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical, 2003.- the Textbook for the Gold Standards Framework Programme
- King, N., K. Thomas, et al. (2003). "An out-of-hours protocol for community palliative care: practitioners' perspectives." Int J Palliat Nurs 9(7): 277-82
- Ed Watson. M Lucas C, Hoy. Adult Palliative Care Guidance Thomas K (2003, revised 06) Community Palliative Care chapter SWSH
- Thomas K Ellershaw J Improving Palliative care services; British Journal Surgical Oncology March 05
- Drs Amanda Free, Keri Thomas, Wendy-Jane Walton and Teresa Griffin, Full Guidance on Using QOF to Improve Palliative/End of Life Care in Primary Care. July 2006.
