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 …

Background Home is often deemed to be the preferred place of death for most patients.
Knowing the factors related to the actualization of a preferred home death may yield …

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 …

Background Meeting patients' preferences for place of care at the end-of-life is an indicator
of quality palliative care. Understanding the key elements required for terminal care within …

Aim: This study aimed to explore clinical and care-related factors associated with fulfilling
cancer patients' preference for home death across four countries: Belgium (BE), the …

Background Most terminally ill cancer patients prefer to die at home, but a majority die in
institutional settings. Research questions about this discrepancy have not been fully …

LUIJKX KG & SCHOLS JMGA (2010) European Journal of Cancer Care20, 577–584
Perceptions of terminally ill patients and family members regarding home and hospice as …

Introduction An important element in end‐of‐life care advocacy is to meet patients' end‐of‐
life preferences. Most Scandinavian patients die in hospitals even though the majority …

Objectives: Most terminally ill cancer patients prefer to die at home, yet only a minority are
able to achieve this. Our aim was to investigate the factors associated with cancer patients …

Objective Meeting the preferences of patients is considered an important palliative care
outcome. Prior studies reported that more than 80% of patients with terminally ill cancer …