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Expert palliative care information with links to local services across North West London to support care at home
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Article categoriesCough: Information for patients and carers
Should I treat a cough? Advice from a senior palliative physician
Painkillers: Information for patients and carers
Good pain relief is crucial. It can help people to eat, drink and feel they have a reason to live
Hiccups: Information for patients and carers
Self-help techniques and when to seek medical help
What to expect when someone close to you is in their final days
Information for carers about the process of dying
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Organ Donation
How to donate organs, exclusions for donations and further information for patients
Flying Safely
Helping patients with air travel including towards the end of life
How to talk to children about death and dying
Children are never too young to talk about death and dying
Moving someone in bed
How to turn someone in bed, and how to change the bed with someone in it
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR): Information for patients and carers
It is essential for people in the palliative phase of illness to discuss CPR so that their wishes can be understood
Insomnia in palliative care: Information for patients and carers
Practical tips to aid good quality sleep
Caring for a breathless patient at home
Resources to support someone who is living with breathlessness
