Background Government policy is a fundamental component of initiating change to improve
the provision of palliative care at a national level. The World Health Organisation's …

Aim: To review the latest qualitative literature on how the physical hospital environment
affects palliative patients and their families. Background: People with a life-limiting illness …

Objectives The majority of people would prefer to die at home and the stated intentions of
both statutory and voluntary healthcare providers aim to support this. This service evaluation …

Background: In rural settings, relationships between place and self are often stronger than
for urban residents, so one may expect that rural people would view dying at home as a …

Abstract Background and Aim It is common among people with advanced cancer to wish to
die at home, but only a few succeed in doing so. The willingness of family members to care …

Background Enabling death at home remains an important priority in end-of-life care policy.
However, hospital continues to be a more prevalent place of death than home in the UK …

Background Dying at home is the preference of many patients with life-limiting illness. This is
often not achieved and a key factor is the availability of willing and able family carers. Aim To …

Background: Hospital admissions for end-of-life patients, particularly those who die shortly
after being admitted, are recognised to be an international policy problem. How patients …

Background: The acute hospital plays a significant role in caring for people with a life-
limiting illness. Most research to date has focused exclusively upon the negative aspects of …

Background: Despite a majority preferring not to die in hospital and health policies aimed at
increasing home death, the proportion of hospital deaths remains high. Gaining insight into …