
Dying, but not the death, is an essential problem. The more we believe that death ends everything, the more we fear from death. A human spirit only hardly copes with this fact. All religions want to cut this fear. They highlight that present life continues and human spirit lives further on, in another postmortem dimension. Authors evaluated death of 142 patients, among which 45 (32%) died at home, 74 (52%) in hospital, 34 (24%) died among family relatives and 56 (39%) without the presence of relatives. Most of the dying patients wish to stay with their family or relatives at the end of life (end of life decision). If this wish cannot be fulfilled, then a palliative care seems to be the most suitable alternative for an individual in terminal stage in modern society. In the Presov region, there is a lack of hospices and palliative care does not cover the needs of terminally ill patients (Tab. 6, Ref: 41).
Aged, 80 and over, Male, Slovakia, Terminal Care, Attitude to Death, Palliative Care, Hospitalization, Patient Satisfaction, Cause of Death, Humans, Family, Female, Aged
Aged, 80 and over, Male, Slovakia, Terminal Care, Attitude to Death, Palliative Care, Hospitalization, Patient Satisfaction, Cause of Death, Humans, Family, Female, Aged
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