Deprescribing in the Home Palliative Setting.

When patients' goals of care have shifted toward comfort, treatment should focus on alleviating symptoms rather than prolonging life at the expense of comfort. To determine whether the number of noncomfort medications is associated with deprescribing in patients seen by a home-visiting palliative care physician. Single-centre retrospective chart review of patients cared for in the home setting by a specialty palliative care program to determine factors associated with deprescribing.