Heterogeneity and changes in preferences for dying at home: a systematic review
Open Access
- 15 February 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Palliative Care
- Vol. 12 (1), 7
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-684x-12-7
Abstract
Home-based models of hospice and palliative care are promoted with the argument that most people prefer to die at home. We examined the heterogeneity in preferences for home death and explored, for the first time, changes of preference with illness progression.Keywords
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