What matters to patients with cancer receiving home care at the end of life? A qualitative study comparing patients’ and healthcare professionals’ views
Entering the end of life, patients feel exhausted, lonely, and abandoned. They lack confidence in HCPs and the healthcare system. HCPs characterized plans and predictability as being important during end-of-life care, whereas patients were often hesitant to talk about and plan for the last phase of life.
Authors
- Nikki McCaffrey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3684-3723)
- Eline Aas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9878-6165)
- Lidia Engel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7959-3149)
- Yvonne Anne Michel
- Lisbeth Thoresen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3617-9770)
- Gudrun Maria Waaler Bjørnelv (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4997-5426)
- Nina Løkkevik
Institutions
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- Deakin University (AU)
- OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University (NO)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (AU)
- Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences (DE)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2025.2517358
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00