The survey, by the Office of National Statistics, found that half of families said hospital nurses did not always treat their dying family member with respect. It is the first time such a survey has been conducted and responses were received from more than 22,000 families. Earlier this week an inquest heard that a 22-year-old man who died of dehydration at a leading hospital phoned the police from his bed because he was so thirsty. A nurse was said to have told staff to “bag him up” after his death, in front of his distraught family.
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“Patients dying in hospital in pain and lacking dignity: survey”
July 3, 2012
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