Patients’ and relatives’ perspectives on the quality of end-of-Life care in advanced cancer: From the final months to bereavement

Quality of end-of-life care was generally perceived as good. This study highlights the importance of good continuity of care as it is associated with higher satisfaction with care in patients. Also, one-fifth of the bereaved relatives reported that they had not been informed about bereavement care despite desiring it, which emphasizes the need for better care for relatives before and after the patient's death.

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PLoS ONE
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2026-02-09
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342068
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Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
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Abstract

Quality of end-of-life care was generally perceived as good. This study highlights the importance of good continuity of care as it is associated with higher satisfaction with care in patients. Also, one-fifth of the bereaved relatives reported that they had not been informed about bereavement care despite desiring it, which emphasizes the need for better care for relatives before and after the patient's death.

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Leiden University (NL), Radboud University Nijmegen (NL), Tilburg University (NL), Leiden University Medical Center (NL), Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL), Catharina Ziekenhuis (NL), Biomedical Primate Research Centre (NL), Radboud University Medical Center (NL), The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NL), University Medical Center Utrecht (NL), National Health Care Institute (NL), Northwest Hospital (US), St. Antonius Ziekenhuis (NL), Ikazia Ziekenhuis (NL), Diakonessenhuis hospital (NL), Maasstad Ziekenhuis (NL), Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis (NL), Flevoziekenhuis (NL), Máxima Medisch Centrum (NL), Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (NL), Elisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis (NL), Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL), Cancer Center Amsterdam (NL), University of Amsterdam (NL)
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