PURPOSE Family physicians play a pivotal role in providing end-of-life care and in enabling
terminally ill patients to die in familiar surroundings. The purpose of this study was to explore …

Background: Despite a majority preferring not to die in hospital and health policies aimed at
increasing home death, the proportion of hospital deaths remains high. Gaining insight into …

Background Although many patients prefer to stay and die at home at the end of life, many
are hospitalised. Little is known about how to avoid hospitalisations for patients living at …

Background: Many patients are hospitalized in the last months of life. Little is known about
the avoidability of these hospitalizations. Aim: To explore whether and how hospitalizations …

Background: Although the acute hospital setting is not considered to be an ideal place of
death, many people are admitted to hospital at the end of life. Aim: To examine what …

Background: Many patients are hospitalized in the last months of life. Little is known about
the avoidability of these hospitalizations. Aim: To explore whether and how hospitalizations …

Background Palliative care is a policy priority internationally. In England, policymakers are
seeking to develop high quality care for all by focusing on reducing the number of patients …

Context Although the acute hospital setting is not considered to be an ideal place of death,
many people are admitted to hospital at the end of life. Objectives The present study aims to …

Background: The majority of expected deaths occur in hospitals where optimal end-of-life
care is not yet fully realised, as evidenced by recent reviews outlining experience of care …

Background The hazards of hospitalisation, and the growing demand for goal-oriented care
and shared decision making, increasingly question whether hospitalisation always aligns …