2004
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.09.005
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Place of death: preferences among cancer patients and their carers

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“…It is evident that preference for home as a place of death decreases as people get older and as the prospect becomes a more pressing reality. 51,59,[66][67][68][69] Evidence from qualitative studies suggests that terminally ill patients may often feel uncertain about their preferences, which are likely to change throughout the course of illness. Such preferences are often not formulated clearly, especially in the face of uncertainty about what will happen throughout the experience of dying.…”
Section: Preferred Place Of Deathmentioning
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“…It is evident that preference for home as a place of death decreases as people get older and as the prospect becomes a more pressing reality. 51,59,[66][67][68][69] Evidence from qualitative studies suggests that terminally ill patients may often feel uncertain about their preferences, which are likely to change throughout the course of illness. Such preferences are often not formulated clearly, especially in the face of uncertainty about what will happen throughout the experience of dying.…”
Section: Preferred Place Of Deathmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Patients are pragmatic, also, about their options and how these depend on the circumstances that materialise. 6,22,43,50,51,[67][68][69][70][71][72][73] Running like a leitmotif throughout the literature is that patients strongly desire not to impose a burden of care on their family members 5,22,69,[73][74][75][76][77][78][79] and it is evident that most people depend on the availability and willingness of informal carers to support their ability to die at home. 69,73,80 As the population ages, increasing numbers of the very old live alone and may not have carers available to help.…”
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“…4 A recent paper in the BMJ 5 found preferences for place of death to be often poorly formed in patients' minds, and often inferred by health professionals without direct questioning or reaching a definitive answer. The enabling of patients to achieve their preferred place of death is viewed by the authors as a very limited proxy measure for the effectiveness of palliative care delivery.…”
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