Factors influencing deprescribing in primary care for those towards the end of life: A qualitative interview study with patients and healthcare practitioners.

Background: For people with limited lifetime expectancy, the benefit of many medications may be outweighed by their potential harms. Despite the relevance of reducing unnecessary medication use, deprescribing is poorly enacted in primary care practice.

Aim: This study aims to describe factors, as identified by primary care professionals and patients, that influence deprescribing in the last phase of life.

Hospice assist at home: does the integration of hospice care in primary healthcare support patients to die in their preferred location - A retrospective cross-sectional evaluation study.

Background: A majority of patients prefer to die at home. Specialist palliative care aims to improve quality of life. Hospice assist at home is a Dutch model of general/specialised palliative care within primary care, collaboratively built by general practitioners and a hospice.