title: [Conditions required for home death--analysis of nine outpatients received chemotherapy].
abstract: Although a cancer patient to die at home has been arranged much easier due to a change in homecare service environment, the patient to die at home is not always possible. In the present study, we reviewed an outpatient who received chemotherapy and eventually died. We analyzed a relationship between the locations of their death and factors which influenced their final places using medical records. With a total of nine dead patients, five patients died at either home or hospital close to their home. In order to prevent a death at University hospital, the following points were important: First, doctors should ask patients which location they want to die at the beginning of the terminal stage. Second, home care doctors should start visiting patients before the end-of-life.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Hematology and Oncology, Palliative Care Team, Jikei University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Tamotsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichiba
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.forename: Toshikazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakuyama
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aiba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D010045:Outpatients; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013727:Terminal Care
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents