Objective To learn the demand of dying patients' families in general hospital so as to improve the effectiveness and pertinence of education measures.Method Self-designed survey was adopted in the investigation. The questionnaire included general information of patients' families, their demand of hospice care knowledge and its proper forms and methods. Patients' families should fill the questionnaire. However, when they are incompetent, training nurses could fill the questionnaire by means of questions and answers.Results Through this investigation, we found that there was a clear correlation between the awareness of patients' families on hospice care and education level and age. The awareness of patients' families on hospice care knowledge had been significantly improved after intervention.Conclusion Strengthen the education of hospice care knowledge to dying patients' families and meet their demand of relevant knowledge. Various means should be carried out to popularize hospice care knowledge and death education should be promoted so that people could have a rational attitude towards death and accept hospice care.
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