The New Yorker, August 26 , 1974 P. 26Marty preferred dying in the hospital, after ten yrs. of heart disease.
By Linda Grace Hoyer The New Yorker, August 26 , 1974P. 26 Marty preferred dying in the hospital, after ten yrs. of heart disease.
The best parallel I can imagine is the war, when tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers preferred dying in hopeless circumstances rather than surrendering -- because of the power of shame".
We found moderate strength evidence that the majority of people preferred dying at home (Table 1).
Among non-cancer patients, both had preferred dying at home in one quarter.
Twenty-four showeds showed that the majority of the general public (52%to92%2%) preferred dying at home.
There were no high quality studies reporting the percentage of older people who preferred dying at home.
This suggests that although the majority prefers dying at home, there may be diversity in individual preferences.
He said that studies, including ones by Dartmouth doctors, had shown that black and Hispanic patients were more likely to prefer dying in the hospital than in hospice care.
In this systematic review, we observed that the majority of people prefer dying at home.
Once study quality was taken into account, evidence that the majority prefer dying at home graded moderate with two exceptions (Table 1).
