serval:BIB_4124A0A7998E
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.
10.1177/0030222820945071
000556564600001
32727297
Borrat-Besson
C.
author
Vilpert
S.
author
Borasio
G.D.
author
Maurer
J.
author
article
2022-06
Omega
1541-3764
0030-2228
journal
85
2
409-428
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.
Advance Care Planning
Aged
Death
Demography
Humans
Switzerland
Terminal Care/psychology
attitude
general public
population
survey
eng
60_published
true
peer-reviewed
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
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