Learning from the public: citizens describe the need to improve end-of-life care access, provision and recognition across Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite ageing populations and increasing cancer deaths, many European countries lack national policies regarding palliative and end-of-life care. The aim of our research was to determine public views regarding end-of-life care in the face of serious illness.

Methods

Implementation of a pan-European population-based survey with adults in England, Belgium (Flanders), Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. Three stages of analysis were completed on open-ended question data: (i) inductive analysis to determine a category-code framework; (ii) country-level manifest deductive content analysis; and (iii) thematic analysis to identify cross-country prominent themes.

Results

Of the 9344 respondents, 1543 (17%) answered the open-ended question. Two pro

SUBMITTER: Daveson BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4032478 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature