Background: Identifying the preferred place of death is a key indicator of the quality of death
in cancer patients and one of the most important issues for health service policymakers. This …

Introduction: Congruence, understood as the agreement between the patient's preferred
place of death and their actual place of death, is emerging as one of the main variables …

Objectives To evaluate the preferred place-of-death (PPoD) among patients with advanced
cancer over time, and the concordance between preferred and actual place-of-death …

The aim of this study is to explore nursing students' experiences with death and terminal
patients during clinical education. A secondary analysis of qualitative data that were …

Context When religious and spiritual (R/S) care needs of patients with advanced disease are
met, their quality of life (QoL) improves. We studied the association between R/S support …

Objectives: Achievement of patients' preferred place of death is recognized as a component
of a good death. This study aimed to investigate the symptom burden in advanced cancer …

Objetivo identificar os principais sinais e sintomas manifestados por pacientes em cuidados
paliativos oncológicos na assistência domiciliar. Método revisão integrativa nas bases …

Background Cancer remains a leading cause of mortality worldwide. While the main focus of
palliative care (PC) is quality of life, the elements that comprise the quality of death are often …

Background: The place of death of cancer patients is an important aspect of end-of-life care.
However, little research has been conducted regarding factors that may influence the …

Context Preferred place-of-death (PPoD) is considered an important outcome for the
development of appropriate models of care and for improving health policies in countries …