Introduction: Congruence, understood as the agreement between the patient's preferred
place of death and their actual place of death, is emerging as one of the main variables …

Aims and objectives To explore palliative care nurses' work experiences caring for patients
at the end of life in private homes. Background The home continues to be a desired place for …

Background For cancer patients and their family, an important factor that determines the
choice to die at home is the caregivers' feeling of security when caring for the patient at …

In this umbrella review we examine and synthesized evidence regarding preferences about
place of end-of-life care and death of patients with life-threatening illnesses and their …

Background The wish to be cared for and to die at home is common among people with end-
stage cancer in the western world. However, home deaths are declining in many countries …

Understanding the preferred place of death may assist to organize and deliver palliative
health care services. The study aims to assess preference for place of death among cancer …

Abstract Background and Aim It is common among people with advanced cancer to wish to
die at home, but only a few succeed in doing so. The willingness of family members to care …

Background Home death is one of the key performance indicators of the quality of palliative
care service delivery. Such a measure has direct implications on everyone involved at the …

Importance The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the delivery of cancer care,
but less is known about its association with place of death and delivery of specialized …

Objectives To evaluate the preferred place-of-death (PPoD) among patients with advanced
cancer over time, and the concordance between preferred and actual place-of-death …