While 70% of people say they prefer to die at home, the reality is over 60% of deaths occur in hospitals, with 17% taking place in nursing homes, 17% at home, and 5% in hospices. The document questions whether quality or quantity of life is more important, and asks where doulas for the dying fit in end-of-life care.

3. 70% of us say we’d like to die at home
- what actually happens is:
Over 60% of deaths take place in hospitals
17% in nursing homes
17% at home
5% in hospices

5. D = Death

8. It is more important to
know what sort of person
has a disease than to know
what sort of disease a
person has …

11. What is uppermost -
Quality or Quantity
of Life?

14. Where do doulas for
the dying fit in?