Nightingale, Florence,
203
Nuland, SherwinB,
196
—
7
,
235
,
241
nuns,
243
—
4
,
308
,
324
nurses
agency,
293
and hierarchy,
23
—
4
and incurable conditions,
136
—
7
and laying-out,
160
presence at death,
83
—
4
training reforms,
203
—
5
,
211
nurses homes,
30
nursing auxiliaries,
137
,
205
—
6
Nursing Times,
66
,
238,
257
oedema,
230
—
1
,
235
,
382
oestrogen,
90
old age,
45
—
9
,
329
active,
46
,
48
as cause of death,
5
,
7
,
45
and resuscitation,
252
,
258
,
352
—
3
old man’s friend,
196
,
308
On Death and Dying,
51,
59
—
60
,
67
oncotic pressure,
382
Ontario,
343
opoid metabolites,
383
Oral Feeding Difficulties and Dilemmas,
199—200
oro-pharyngeal airway,
339
Orthodox Church,
97
,
157
osteoporosis,
320
oxygen,
217
palliative care (specialism),
66,
368—
395
pancreas,
217
,
229
paraldehyde,
23
—
4
,
28
paralysis,
195
creeping,
200
—
1
,
279
psychosomatic,
54
paramedics,
246
,
248
—
9
,
252
,
256
,
357
—
67
,
370
training and education,
357
—
9
Parkinson’s disease,
278
,
366
pelvic fractures,
41
—
2
,
104
—
5
,
307
phlebitis,
151
physiotherapy,
178
,
188
,
190
,
231
,
293
pneumonia,
196
,
229
,
308
,
353
poisoning,
338
,
354
Poland,
51
—
3
police,
249
population, ageing,
194
post-cardiac arrest syndrome,
344
post-mortems,
249
post-resuscitation disease,
369
potassium citrate,
90
,
94
powers of attorney,
352
,
354
primary progressive aphasia,
278
private hospitals and clinics,
206
,
208
,
210
,
212
progesterone,
90
Project 2000,
204
—
5
prostatectomy,
90
—
1
public access defibrillation,
338
public expectations,
242
,
371
pulmonary oedema,
382
pupillary light response,
345
Queen Alexandra Royal Army
Nursing Corps,
239
Quinlan, Karen Ann,
345
—
6
radiotherapy,
81
—
2
,
84
,
90
—
1
, in,
120
,
143
—
4
as evidence of cancer,
130
—
1
,
133
—
5
,
139
—
41
as placebo,
124
—
5
Ratski, Mrs,
9
—
42
Reading,
10
,
118
,
136
,
209
Recognition of Life Extinct
(ROLE),
256
,
363
refugees,
51
—
2
resuscitation,
197
,
211
,
218
—
19
,
222
—
59
,
275
—
6
,
330
—
1
,
337
—
56
ABC guidelines,
255
,
338
—
9
and advanced directives,
354
—
6
,
365
—
6
and age discrimination,
252
,
258
,
353
and Allow a Natural Death
(AND) procedure,
348
—
9
and ambulance services,
253
—
7
,
359
—
61
,
365
—
7
cessation of,
343
—
4
,
353
—
4
and choice,
368
—
76
developments in,
237
—
8
,
337
—
40
,
356
and DNAR orders,
242
—
3
,
251
,
253
—
6
,
258
,
346
—
8
,
356
,
360
—
1
,
365
—
7
,
372
,
374
,376
and electric shocks,
238
—
9
,
241
and medical history,
353
—
4
and mental capacity,
243
,
351
—
2
,
354
,
360
,
360
,
357
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation,
237
,
240
,
330
,338
open heart resuscitation,
222
—
5
,
230
,
238
,
338
and palliative care,
255
,
257
,
361
and Recognition of Life Extinct (ROLE),
256
,
363
and relatives,
354
—
5
,
370
and ‘right to die’ case,
345
—
6
success rates,
341
—
5
,
356
,
369
—
70
Resuscitation Council (UK),
257
,
338
—
9
,
341
,
344
,
355
rheumatoid arthritis,
309
Right to Die, The,
117
Right to Die case,
345
—
6
rigor mortis,
255
Roberts, Elias,
90
—
100
Rosen, Shirley,
269
Royal Berkshire Hospital,
11
,
64
,
240
Royal College of Nursing
(RCN),
204
—
6
,
210
,
238
,
243
,
257
Royal College of Physicians,
199
—
200
Royal Free Hospital,
81
,
90
, III,
129
St Christopher’s Hospice,
65
—
7
St John’s Ambulance,
251
St Joseph’s Hospice,
62
—
3
St Nicholas Hospice,
257
St Paul,
106
St Thomas’s Hospital,
62
—
3
Salmon Report,
203
Saunders, Dame Cicely,
62
—
7
,
Second World War,
22
,
51
—
2
,
228
,
280
,
316
,337
self-preservation,
286
septicaemia,
42
,
196
Shipman, Dr Harold,
310
shock,
20
anaphylactic,
344
,
354
surgical,
91
shoulders, broken,
319
Silvester, Dr,
237
Socrates,
326
speech, and human communication,
279
speech therapy,
189
starvation,
196
,
281
stroke,
46
,
48
,
170
—
1
,
189
,
359
,
366
and rehabilitation,
180
,
188
—
9
stroke patients,
165
—
91
suffering,
308
—
9
suicide,
140
—
1
,
313
—
15
,
327
Switzerland,
51
—
5
,
319
,
323
—
5
syphilis,
52
syringe driver,
383
television,
146
—
8
,
251
,
342
,
369
