The document discusses the impact of policy on death and end-of-life care preferences. It includes images and a graph about hospice and hospital care. The document examines preferred priorities for care, such as a preference to die at home or in hospice, if home is not possible. Cambridgeshire is shown to have a high rate of people dying at home compared to other areas in eastern England.

1. The Impact of Policy on Death Erica Borgstrom University of Cambridge November 2011

2. Image from mattupchuck of the Royal Sussex Hospital. http://www.redbubble.com/people/mattupchuck/works/5973454-hospital-corridor

5. Image from Martlets Hospice website http://www.themartlets.org.uk/story-of-life-at-our-hospice/index.html

6. Image from http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/newsarticle-content/-/article_display_list/11054366/gps-should-not-be-responsible-for-hospital-cuts-thinktank-warns

8. Image from http://happierathome.org/tag/senior-care

9. Image from http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/claire-sloans-sleep-for-days-project

10. Graph supplied by ERPHO. Cambridgeshire has the ‘best’ scores in the East of England with nearly 47% of people dying at home. A home death is defined as one that occurs at the person's usual place of residence (code H) or at a location with a communal establishment type code 04, 20-22, 32, 33, 52 or 64. Deaths from external causes (ICD10 V01-Y98) are excluded. Accessed via fingertrips.erpho.org.uk

11. Taken from http://www.byregion.net/cgibin/users/profiles.pl?subdomain=foodandspirit

12. Thank you for listening and those who have influenced this research Erica Borgstrom [email_address]