Palliative and Supportive Care
Research from University of Maastricht in the Area of Palliative and Supportive Care Published
Published in Cancer Weekly, August 30th, 2011
2011 AUG 30 -- In this recently published article, scientists in Maastricht, Netherlands conducted a study "To enable demand-based palliative care, it is important to know the perceptions of terminally ill patients and their family members regarding home and hospice as places of care at the end of life. Eight women and five men suffering from cancer and with a life expectancy of 3 months or less were interviewed."
"In each case one of the family members was also interviewed. Four patients spent their last phase of life at home, nine in a hospice. This paper provides further insight in the patient perspective in palliative care. The results reveal that a...
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