Background Inequalities in access to hospice care is a source of considerable concern;
white, middle-class, middle-aged patients with cancer have traditionally been over …

Background: There have been many studies on the unmet needs of palliative care patients
and carers from the perspective of bereaved caregivers. However, the unmet needs of …

Death literacy is defined as a set of knowledge and skills that make it possible to gain
access to understand and act upon end-of-life and death care options. People, and …

This 2008 study assessed location-of-death changes in Canada during 1994–2004, after
previous research had identified a continuing increase to 1994 in hospital deaths. The most …

Background: Fulfillment of patient preferences for location of dying is of continued end-of-life
care interest. Of those voicing a preference, most prefer home. However the majority of …

Background Medicine has long acknowledged the role of chaplains in healthcare, but there
is little research on the relationship between chaplaincy care and health outcomes. The …

Home is frequently idealised as the preferred location for end‐of‐life care, while in‐patient
hospital care is viewed with suspicion and fear. Yet many people with a terminal illness …

Background: There have been many studies on the actual and preferred place of care and
death of palliative patients; however, most have been whole population surveys and/or …

Background Accurate population-based data regarding hospital-based care utilisation by
older persons during their last year of life are important in health services planning. We …

Background There is limited information about health care utilisation at the end of life for
people in Australia. We describe acute hospital-based services utilisation during the last …