Advance care planning preferences in Chinese nursing home residents: results from two cross-sectional studies in Hong Kong and Taiwan

Abstract Background The proportion of hospital deaths has declined in the past few decades, while the proportions of nursing home deaths have increased. This trend of increasing deaths in long-term care facilities underlines the importance of improving end-of-life care provisions in these settings t...

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Main Authors: Xinyi Xu, Shu-Wen Tu, Chia-Chin Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00820-4