TY - JOUR T1 - Qualitative research shows that preferences for place of end-of-life care and death are shaped by the uncertainty of living with a life-limiting illness for patients and family caregivers and are neither synonymous nor stable JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 84 LP - 84 DO - 10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103158 VL - 23 IS - 3 AU - Jackie Robinson AU - Merryn Gott Y1 - 2020/07/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/23/3/84.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Gerber K, Hayes B, Bryant C, et al. ‘It all depends!’: a qualitative study of preferences for place of care and place of death in terminally ill patients and their family caregivers. Palliat Med 2019; 33:802-811. doi:10.1177/0269216319845794Healthcare professionals need to be aware of the unstable nature of preferences for place of end-of-life care and death, include caregivers in place of care discussions and pay attention to the context within which decisions are made.Research that captures preferences for place of care and death at one point in time must be treated with caution given the instability of these preferences when living with, or caring for someone with, a life-limiting illness.Palliative care philosophy positions home as the … ER -