Towards a novel framework for identifying commonalities and differences in older people’s end-of-life trajectories: aims and interdisciplinary mixed-methods approach of the ERC-funded TRAJECT project
Khyati Tripathi,
Emma Gobiet,
Lieve Van den Block
et al.
Abstract:Background: Older people who die from serious chronic disease typically experience long periods (months or years) of illness and complex fluctuations in their physical health and in their social, psychological and existential well-being. Our understanding of these end-of-life trajectories is very limited, focuses predominantly on physical function and clinical predictors and neglects inter-individual differences. A better understanding of end-of-life trajectories, including what is shared among people and what… Show more
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