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Malcolm Payne

Social care and social work are important in end-of-life care.

Malcolm Payne's blog focuses on developments in social care and social work that affect palliative and end-of-life care. It is part of the information work of St Christopher's Hospice, London.

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Good care is in the details

May 28th, 2008 by Malcolm Payne


A diary in The Guardian from a relative of the poor care given his mother: the problems were largely about simple failure to be nice to people, make sure people eat, and make sure that simple needs are met, like having their hearing aids fitted every day so that they can communicate. This is not nursing or medicine, but simple good personal service, but it could probably be helped by nurses and doctors who took a detailed interest in the detail of how people were looked after before they worried about this or that professional procedure.
Skellington, D. Catalogue of disaster. Guardian Society 26th May 2008: 1-2

Candle in St Cristopher's chapel last year

Candle in St Cristopher's chapel last year

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