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Editorials
Hygiene care for dying people is a symptom management issue

Clinical Skills
The dying touch: infection control at the end of life
Skin and pressure area care for patients at the end of life

Clinical Reviews
Care of families during and after the death of a loved one
End-of-life needs of lesbian, gay and bisexual older people
Importance of communication in end-stage heart failure

Case assignment
The psychological distress of a man with end-stage MND

Personal narrative
Holding onto hope: my mum’s myeloma

Reflections on creativity

Clinical practice development
Ethics and the law: delegating decisions to another person Diagnosing the dying process in the care home setting Why families complain about end-of-life care in the NHS Introduction to the Preferred Place (Priorities) of Care tool

Research reports
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