abstract: Preferences for place of death if faced with advanced cancer: a population survey in England, Flanders, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain Ovarian Cancer and Us OVARIAN CANCER and US Ovarian Cancer and Us

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Friday, February 17, 2012

abstract: Preferences for place of death if faced with advanced cancer: a population survey in England, Flanders, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain



Blogger' Note: implications (and distortions) for policy makers continue on this issue aside from this specific paper; assumptions on place of death are generally faulty (IMHO)
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Background: Cancer end-of-life care (EoLC) policies assume people want to die at home. We aimed to examine variations in preferences for place of death cross-nationally.
Methods: A telephone survey of a random sample of individuals aged ≥16 in England, Flanders, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. We determined where people would prefer to die if they had a serious illness such as advanced cancer, facilitating circumstances, personal values and experiences of illness, death and dying.

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