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2 Jun 2010 10:25:31
Gurch Randhawa, Professor of Diversity in Public
Health and Director of the Institute for Health Research at the University has
helped develop new guidance on the treatment and care of people approaching the
end of their lives.
Professor Randhawa was among a panel of experts consulted by the General Medical Council (GMC) in its preparation of new guidance for doctors caring for about 600,000 people who die each year in the UK.
The guidance – the first of its kind issued by the GMC – stresses the importance of good communication between doctors, patients and their families, as well as between members of the healthcare team.
Professor
Randhawa drew on his research into end-of-life care for the UK's diverse
population in advising the GMC.
He underlined the need for patients to be fully involved in discussions about the type and extent of care they want towards the end of life and the importance of respecting their choices and decisions.
“All of us, at the end of the day, are individuals but what we do not recognise sometimes as practitioners is that people’s individual lifestyle can be influenced by their family and wider community. Unless we understand how issues, such as faith, interplay upon a person’s life then actually achieving a good death is going to be more difficult.”
The guidance, Treatment and care towards the end of life: good practice in decision making, comes into effect on 1 July 2010.
