Objectives: The dual aim of this study is, first, to describe preferred place of care (PPOC) and
preferred place of death (PPOD) in terminally ill patients with lung and heart diseases …

It has been repeatedly shown that most people would prefer to die in their own homes.
However, many factors affect the feasibility of this choice. This study retrospectively …

Background: Identifying the preferred place of death is a key indicator of the quality of death
in cancer patients and one of the most important issues for health service policymakers. This …

Background End-of-life care policy has a focus on enabling patients to die in their preferred
place; this is believed for most to be home. This review assesses patient preferences for …

Objective To understand patients and family caregivers' experiences with home palliative
care services, in order to identify, explore and integrate the key components of care that …

Background: Research exploring patients' care and treatment preferences at the end of life
(EOL) suggests they prefer comfort more than life-extension, wish to participate in decision …

This study describes the lived experiences of older people coping with terminal cancer and
living alone, focusing on how they face challenges of the biographical life changes from their …

Background: Achieving home care and home death is increasingly used as an outcome
measure of palliative care services. Aim: To appraise the state of the science on dying at …

The place of final care for patients with terminal illness is influenced more by resource
availability than patient choice. Resources are not consistently available across the UK to …

End-of-life care can be delivered in a variety of settings, whereby the majority of terminally-ill
cancer patients prefer to die at home. The aim of our study is to evaluate health services …