Hospital remains most common place of death for cancer patients in England
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 09:02
in Health & Medicine
In England, the hospital is still the most common place for patients with cancer to die, but an increase in home and hospice deaths since 2005 suggests that the National End of Life Care Programme (a Programme to promote the rollout of national end-of-life care initiatives) has helped more people to die at their preferred place of death, according to a UK study.