EOLinPLACE contributes to updated Hospice & Palliative Care chapter
The updated chapter on Hospice & Palliative Care has been released as part of the Elsevier International Encyclopedia of Public Health (3rd edition). The update was authored by Sílvia Lopes, Barbara Gomes, Elizabeth Davies, and Irene Higginson, with contributions from the EOLinPLACE Project.
This update highlights recent advances in globally oriented research on end-of-life care, including multi-country studies on place of death. It features contributions from the EOLinPLACE Project, a pioneering research program funded by the European Research Council (ERC), which is developing an international classification system for place of death to harmonize global data and reduce disparities. Drawing on data from over 100 million adults across 32 countries (2012–2021), EOLinPLACE has also provided evidence of a rise in home deaths, revealing important shifts in where people die.
The authors hope this chapter supports ongoing global efforts to ensure that hospice and palliative care are integrated into health systems and available close to where people live and prefer to be, regardless of diagnosis or prognosis.
Read the chapter here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780323999670001654