Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Bereaved Carers and Patients.

Gender of carer	Male	n  =  1
	Female	n  =  8
Gender of patient	Male	n  =  9
Patient survival from diagnosis	Range: 4–160 weeks
Patient place of death	Hospital	n  =  3
	Home	n  =  5
	Hospice	n  =  1
Patient expressed preferred place of death	n  =  6
Patient died in preferred place of death	n  =  5