Views on a "Good Death": End-of-Life Preferences and Their Association With Socio-Demographic Characteristics in a Representative Sample of Older Adults in Switzerland.

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Title
Views on a "Good Death": End-of-Life Preferences and Their Association With Socio-Demographic Characteristics in a Representative Sample of Older Adults in Switzerland.
Journal
Omega
Author(s)
Borrat-Besson C., Vilpert S., Borasio G.D., Maurer J.
ISSN
1541-3764 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0030-2228
Publication state
Published
Issued date
06/2022
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
85
Number
2
Pages
409-428
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The current study explores the end-of-life (EOL) preferences of a national representative sample of adults aged 55 and older in Switzerland and shows how these preferences vary by respondents' sociodemographic characteristics and the linguistic region in which they live. Many of the presented EOL attributes are considered as (very) important by a large majority of the older population in Switzerland with significant variations across sociodemographic groups. Specifically, gender is related to psychosocial aspects of EOL, age to the importance attached to avoiding being a burden on the society, and education levels to preferences regarding overtreatment and advance care planning. The results highlight the importance of a personalized, holistic and interdisciplinary approach to EOL and EOL care, since social, psychological, organizational and physical aspects of EOL are rated as (very) important with significant differences in EOL preferences across sociodemographic groups.
Keywords
Advance Care Planning, Aged, Death, Demography, Humans, Switzerland, Terminal Care/psychology, attitude, general public, population, survey
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Web of science
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Yes
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