Publication
Title
Preferences for place of death if faced with advanced cancer : a population survey in England, Flanders, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain
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Institution/Organisation
PRISMA
Abstract
Cancer end-of-life care (EoLC) policies assume people want to die at home. We aimed to examine variations in preferences for place of death cross-nationally. A telephone survey of a random sample of individuals aged >= 16 in England, Flanders, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. We determined where people would prefer to die if they had a serious illness such as advanced cancer, facilitating circumstances, personal values and experiences of illness, death and dying. Of 9344 participants, between 51% (95% CI: 48% to 54%) in Portugal and 84% (95% CI: 82% to 86%) in the Netherlands would prefer to die at home. Cross-national analysis found there to be an influence of circumstances and values but not of experiences of illness, death and dying. Four factors were associated with a preference for home death in more than one country: younger age up to 70+ (Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain), increased importance of dying in the preferred place (England, Germany, Portugal, Spain), prioritizing keeping a positive attitude (Germany, Spain) and wanting to involve family in decisions if incapable (Flanders, Portugal). At least two-thirds of people prefer a home death in all but one country studied. The strong association with personal values suggests keeping home care at the heart of cancer EoLC.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Annals of oncology / European Society for Medical Oncology. - Amsterdam
Publication
Amsterdam : 2012
ISSN
0923-7534
DOI
10.1093/ANNONC/MDR602
Volume/pages
23 :8 (2012) , p. 2006-2015
ISI
000306924400014
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
PRISMA - Reflecting the positive diversities of European priorities for research and Measurement in end of life care.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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