Understanding end-of-life doula care provision: reporting on the design of a bereavement survey to evaluate doula support.

Background: Delivery of consistent patient-centred care at end-of-life care continues to challenge healthcare providers and research continues to suggest that peoples' needs are not being reliably met. Consequently, healthcare services are looking to innovate how support is provided, such as commissioning doulas to support dying people and those close to them.

Objective: Within the United Kingdom, there is little existing research about peoples' experience of receiving end-of-life doula support.