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Perspectives Regarding Hospice Services and Transfusion Access: Focus Groups With Blood Cancer Patients and Bereaved CaregiversHospicetransfusionshematologic cancersend-of-life careContext. Patients with blood cancers have low rates of timely hospice use. Barriers to hospice use for this population are not...
This group received significantly more aggressive medical care in their final week of life, which was associated with worse patient quality of life near death. In addition, their bereaved caregivers experienced worse quality of life, more regret, and were at higher risk of developing a major ...
However, we could still clarify whether the physician’s preference, medical routine, or the not popularized hospice concept in other departments contributes to the heterogeneity in the comorbidity in three groups. As part of the ongoing advocacy efforts for increased awareness of patient autonomy in...