- Royal College of Nursing – Sensitive decision in nutrition and hydration
- Scotland Palliative Care Guidelines – includes sections on symptom control, pain management, subcutaneous medication, medication issues, non-cancer palliative care, care planning, patient information and resources
- Scottish Guidance ‘Caring for people in the last days and hours of life’
- General Medical Council Guidance, Nutrition/Hydration guidance (Pages 109-127) (updated March 2022)
- Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
- Ethical and Legal Aspects of Clinical Hydration and Nutritional Support (ISBN 1 899 467 254)
- Withholding and withdrawing life-prolonging treatments: Good practice in decision-making
For further information and recommended reading about end of life in stroke, please see Advancing Module 16 ‘End of Life Care’.
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