A prospective cohort study was conducted to explore the extent of congruence and to
identify the determinants of congruence between the preferred and actual place of death of …

Previous studies involving palliative patients suggest a preference for dying at home. The
purpose of this paper is to examine, prospectively, patient and family caregiver preferences …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether home health agency patients' preferences to die at
home can be honored following a structured, professionally facilitated advance‐care …

A study was undertaken to explore whether critical care nurses perceive that they have been
adequately prepared during basic nursing education to care for the dying and their loved …

Purpose: The aim of this article was to identify major research needs related to quality of life
at the end of life and quality of the dying process for vulnerable older people at home, in …

There is a worldwide common preference for dying at home. However, death at home does
not come without significant challenges and potential consequences for families. Given the …

In the ICU where critically ill patients receive aggressive life-sustaining interventions,
suffering is common and death can be expected in up to 20% of patients. High-quality pain …

Regional variation in health care use may stem, in part, from the fact that patients in high-
utilization regions demand and receive more-intensive care. We examine the association …

O conceito de diretivas antecipadas de vontade emergiu em resposta ao avanço
tecnológico e ao tratamento médico agressivo empregados em situações ambíguas, como …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose is to systematically review the methods used to calculate the
association between patients' preferences and treatment choices and to present a set of …