A Nationwide Survey of Bereaved Family Members' Perception of the Place Patients Spent Their Final Days: Is the Inpatient Hospice Like or Unlike a Home? Why?

A Nationwide Survey of Bereaved Family Members' Perception of the Place Patients Spent Their Final Days: Is the Inpatient Hospice Like or Unlike a Home? Why?

Background: During end-of-life care, the place in which the patients spend time influences their quality of life. Objective: To clarify what it means to spend last days at home and in inpatient hospice. Design: This study was a part of a nationwide multicenter questionnaire survey of bereaved family...

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Main Authors: Hiroyuki Otani, Tatsuya Morita, Naoko Igarashi, Yasuo Shima, Mitsunori Miyashita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mary Ann Liebert 2020-12-01
Series:Palliative Medicine Reports
Subjects:
death
end-of-life environment
home
inpatient hospice
Online Access:https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/PMR.2020.0058

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