Open AccessPlace of death: analysis of cancer deaths in part of North West England
Author(s) -
Anthony C. Gatrell,
Juliet Harman,
Brian Francis,
Carol Thomas,
Sara Morris,
M B McIllmurray
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdg011
Subject(s) - place of death , demography , medicine , social class , cancer , logistic regression , social deprivation , gerontology , geography , palliative care , nursing , sociology , law , political science
Relatively little work of a detailed geographical nature has been undertaken on the distribution of place of death. In particular, given evidence that most cancer patients would prefer to die at home there is a need to examine the extent to which this preference is met differentially from place to place.
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