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Palliative & End-of-Life Care - HEA00057H

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  • Department: Health Sciences
  • Module co-ordinator: Prof. Kate Flemming
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: H
  • Academic year of delivery: 2021-22
    • See module specification for other years: 2022-23

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2021-22
B Spring Term 2021-22 to Summer Term 2021-22

Module aims

The aim of this module is to enable health and social care practitioners to explore the concepts of palliative and end of life care in a range of health and social care settings. Central to the module will be the key end of life care policy documents and their application to practice. The module aims to help students understand the philosophy of palliative and end of life care, examine the contexts in which it may be delivered, and develop an approach that can be applied to their own practice settings.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students will be able to:

  1. Critically review the key priorities for the care of people who are dying and their families/carers.
  2. Apply a range of evidence and policy documents relevant to palliative and end of life care in light of their own practice setting.
  3. Appraise the key elements of palliative and end of life care to their own practice setting.
  4. Examine the challenges of end of life care and their impact in different practice settings.
  5. Evaluate the reality of death and dying in contemporary society and its impact on patients, families and carers.

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Essay - 3000 words		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

Non-compensatable

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Essay - 3000 words		 N/A 100

Module feedback

Written feedback for summative assessment is provided on the standard proforma, within the timescale specified in the programme handbook.

Indicative reading

  • Addington-Hall, J. and Higginson, I.J. (2001). (Eds.). Palliative care for non-cancer patients. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Cullum, N., Ciliska, D., Haynes, R.B. and Marks, S. (2008). Evidence Based Nursing: An introduction. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Department of Health (2008). Advanced Care Planning: A Guide for Health and Social Care Staff. London: Department of Health.
  • Department of Health (2008). End of Life Care Strategy: promoting high quality care for all adults at the end of life. London: Department of Health. [Online]. Available from: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_086277
  • Hanks, G., Cherny, N.I., Christakis, N.A., Fallon, M., Kaasa, S. and Portenoy, R.K. (Eds.). (2010). The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine. 4th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Ellershaw, J. and Wilkinson, S. (Eds.). (2011). Care for the Dying: a pathway to excellence. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Katz, J.S. and Peace S.M. (Eds.). (2003). End-of-Life in Care Homes: a palliative care approach. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Kinghorne, S. and Gaines, S. (Eds.). (2007). Palliative Nursing: improving end of life care. 2nd edn. Edinburgh: Balliere Tindall.
  • Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People (2014). One chance to get it right: Improving people's experience of care in the last few days and hours of life. London: Department of Health.
  • Neuberger, J. (2004). Caring for dying people of different faiths. 3rd edn. Abingdon: Radcliffe Medical Press.
  • Neuberger, J. (2013). More care, less pathway: A review of the Liverpool Care Pathway. London: Department of Health.
  • Payne, S., Seymour, J. and Ingleton, C. (2008). Palliative Care Nursing: principles and evidence for practice. 2nd edn. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
  • National Audit Office Report on End of Life Care. [Online]. Available at: http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/0708/end_of_life_care.aspx
  • Speck, P. (2006). Teamwork in Palliative Care: fulfilling or frustrating? Oxford: Oxford University Press.


The information on this page is indicative of the module that is currently on offer. The University is constantly exploring ways to enhance and improve its degree programmes and therefore reserves the right to make variations to the content and method of delivery of modules, and to discontinue modules, if such action is reasonably considered to be necessary by the University. Where appropriate, the University will notify and consult with affected students in advance about any changes that are required in line with the University's policy on the Approval of Modifications to Existing Taught Programmes of Study.