End-of-Life Issues

Home was the preferred place of death of cancer patients

Published in Cancer Weekly, June 5th, 2006

Home was the preferred place of death of cancer patients, and policymakers should encourage health services to focus on ways of meeting individual preferences.

According to a recent report, researchers in Italy conducted a study "to describe actual and preferred place of death of Italian cancer patients and to analyse the preferences met regarding the place of death. Mortality follow back survey of 2000 cancer deaths, identified with a two stage probability sample representative of the whole country [was conducted]."

"Information on patients' experience was gathered from the nonprofessional caregiver with an interview," explained M. Beccaro and...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-06-05)

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