malignancies

Factors associated with the designation of a health care proxy and writing advance directives advance directives in a homogenous population of patients with haematological malignancies. Most patients chose Trarieux-Signol et al. BMC Palliative Care 2014, 13:57 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-684X/13/57Full list of author information is available at the end of the articlea proxy. However, despite several training programmes for the carers and a care planning programme, few patients wrote advance directives. Our findings suggest that influencing factors are advanced age and a wish to see a religious representative. This study highlights the importance of oral communication about end-of-life issues between carers, patients and their relatives