Exploring hospice care in the Netherlands: Current practices and patients' symptom burden and well-being

Hospice care aims to optimize the quality of life of patients with a life-limiting illness and their families. Hospices were initiated to ameliorate and de-medicalize care for the dying. Patients with a life expectancy of <3 months have access to hospice care, a large and heterogenic population. The differences in hospice care should fit the needs of patients admitted. The twofolded aim of this thesis was 1) to explore hospice care in the Netherlands and 2) to gain insight into hospice patients’ symptoms and well-being. Part I Exploration of hospice care in the Netherlands Exploration of ho... Mehr ...