Importance The increasing legalization of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide worldwide
makes it important to understand related attitudes and practices. Objective To review the …

Background Cancer end-of-life care (EoLC) policies assume people want to die at home. We
aimed to examine variations in preferences for place of death cross-nationally. Methods A …

Importance Differences in utilization and costs of end-of-life care among developed
countries are of considerable policy interest. Objective To compare site of death, health care …

Context If access to effective palliative care is to extend beyond cancer patients, an
understanding of the comparative prevalence of palliative care problems among cancer and non-…

The aging of the European population will lead to a rapid increase in dementia cases in the
coming decades, posing challenges for the organization and provision of end‐of‐life care. …

Background Weight loss limits cancer therapy, quality of life and survival. Common diagnostic
criteria and a framework for a classification system for cancer cachexia were recently …

Background Antibiotics are widely-used medicines for which a more prudent use has been
advocated to minimize development of resistance. There are considerable cross-national …

Purpose This study examines the proportion of cancer deaths occurring at home in six
European countries in relation to illness and to demographic and health care factors.

In many European countries, the last decade has been marked by an increasing debate about
the acceptability and regulation of euthanasia and other end-of-life decisions in medical …

Context In 2007, a systematic review revealed a number of quality indicators referring
mostly to palliative care outcomes and processes. Psychosocial and spiritual aspects were …