Preferences about place of end-of-life care and death of patients with life-threatening illnesses and their families: a protocol for an umbrella review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

For most of history, the majority of people died at home surrounded by family. However, the global scenario has progressively changed towards hospital death and more recently in some countries back again towards home, with indication that COVID-19 may have further increased the number of home deaths. It is therefore timely to establish the state-of-the-art about people's preferences for place of end-of-life care and death, to understand the full spectrum of preferences, nuances and commonalities worldwide. This protocol describes the methods for an umbrella review which aims to examine and synthesise the available evidence regarding preferences about place of end-of-life care and death of patients with life-threatening illnesses and their families.

Methods and analy

SUBMITTER: Pinto S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10069552 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature