Qualitative research shows that preferences for place of end-of-life care and death are shaped by the uncertainty of living with a life-limiting illness for patients and family caregivers and are neither synonymous nor stable

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Commentary on: Gerber K, Hayes B, Bryant C, et al . ‘It all depends!’: a qualitative study of preferences for place of care and place of death in terminally ill patients and their family caregivers. Palliat Med 2019; 33:802-811. doi:10.1177/0269216319845794 Palliative care philosophy positions home as the …