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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"preferred place of death"”.
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Dying from acute stroke: orchestrating an autoethnographic sonata of care
… study draws together the experiences of the researcher and bereaved family members of patients who died in hospital following an acute stroke. It takes the form of a Sonata Framework that mirrors the author’s narrative around the duration and onset of his mother’s stroke, hospital care …
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Place of death correlated to socio-demographic factors in a South African hospice
… supports the view that home remains the preferred place of death of most patients with terminal illness. However, it also reports that in many countries, palliative care patients sometimes change their minds with regard to this preference. A variety of factors appears to intervene …
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Understanding end-of-life admissions: an interview study of patients admitted to a large English hospital shortly before death
Hospital admissions for patients close to the end of life are considered ‘inappropriate’ in contemporary English health policy. Hospitals are supposedly unable to offer a ‘good’ death for patients, and dying there is thought to contradict patient choice, since patients are assumed to want to die at …