A study undertaken by a team from Marie Curie Hospice Edinburgh, published in British Medical Journal Supportive and Palliative Care, has revealed new insights into the preferences and wishes of people with terminal illness.1 The research, which looked retrospectively at the case notes of 1127 patients who died under the care of the Marie Curie Hospice Edinburgh in 2009 and 2010, reveals that three quarters (77 per cent) of patients receiving specialist palliative care were willing to discuss their preferences for where they would like to die...
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