'The beauty and the less beautiful': exploring the meanings of dying at 'home' among community and practitioner representatives and advocates across Canada.

Background: Significant structural and normative pressures privilege the ideal of dying at home in Canada. At the same time, the social complexities and meanings associated with dying in particular locations remain critically unexamined.

Objective: The aim of this study is to explore how diverse community members, including health and social care stakeholders, talk about preferences for locations of dying, with a particular focus on meanings of dying at home.