An examination of home-based end-of-life care for cancer patients: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Only a small number of patients have utilized the home-based end-of-life care service in Shanghai that has been offered since 2012. This study explores how home-based end-of-life care is delivered in community health service centers in Shanghai and examines the difficulties in the delivery of the care.

Methods

This was a qualitative study in which data were collected from interviews and analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Nineteen health care providers with experience in delivering home-based end-of-life care in 12 community health service centers were recruited. The interviews were conducted between August 2018 and February 2019.

Results

Four themes emerged from the interviews: (i) Patients under home-based end-of-life care: Patients receiving the

SUBMITTER: Lai XB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6915891 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature