This paper draws on data from one strand of a six-strand, exploratory study on end of life care for adults using substances (AUS). It presents data from the key informant (KI) strand of the study that aimed to identify models of practice in the UK. Participant recruitment was purposive and used snowball sampling to recruit KIs from a range of health and social care, policy and practice backgrounds. Data were collected in 2016–2017 from 20 KIs using a semi-structured interview approach. The data were analysed using template analysis as discussed by King (2012). This paper focusses on two of seven resulting themes, namely “Definitions and perceptions of key terms” in end of life care and substance use sectors, and “Service commissioning and delivery.” The KIs demonstrated dedicated individual practice, but were critical of the systemic failure to provide adequate direction and resources to support people using substances at the end of their lives.

本文借鉴了一项关于使用药物（AUS）进行的成年人寿命终止护理的六链探索性研究的一项研究数据。它提供了该研究的关键信息来源（KI）的数据，这些数据旨在确定英国的实践模式。参与者的招募是有目的的，并使用滚雪球采样法从一系列健康和社会护理，政策和实践背景招募知识分子。使用半结构化访谈方法在2016–2017年从20个KI中收集了数据。如King（2012）所述，使用模板分析对数据进行了分析。本文重点关注七个主题中的两个主题，即生活护理和药物使用领域的“关键术语的定义和理解”以及“服务调试和交付”。知识分子展示了专注的个人实践，