Do patients want to die at home? A systematic review of the UK literature, focused on missing preferences for place of death

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Hoare, Sarah ^a   Morris, Zoë Slote ^a   Kelly, Michael P ^a   Kuhn, Isla ^b   Barclay, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HOME; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PLACE OF DEATH; PLACE PREFERENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; DEATH; DECISION MAKING;

DEATH; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84953292343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142723     Document Type: Article

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