Patients with cancer frequently suffer from debilitating physical symptoms and psychological
distress, particularly at the end of life. Interventions to help alleviate these problems are often …

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Cancer is projected to cause more than 570,000 deaths in the United States in 2005. 1 As
patients with cancer approach death, the issues they face are often similar regardless of the …

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the dying experience of patients with cancer over the last 6
months of life. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of the last 6 months of life among …

Although great strides have been made in cancer therapy, half of all patients diagnosed with
cancer will die of their disease, and just under one-third of these deaths occur within 6 …

BACKGROUND Limited data are available on how the timing and setting of palliative care
(PC) referral can affect end‐of‐life care. In this retrospective cohort study, the authors …

Background: It is commonly written that more patients wish to die at home than currently
achieve this. However, the evidence for preferences for place of terminal care and death has …

Purpose/Objectives: To describe the determinants of place of end-of-life (EOL) care for
patients with cancer. Data Sources: A systematic literature review of primary research …

The importance to die at preferred death place is substantial among terminally ill cancer
patients. Previously, several studies have investigated this issue, but no systematic review …

BACKGROUND: Research suggests that patients' end‐of‐life (EOL) care is determined
primarily by the medical resources available, and not by patient preferences. The authors …