Contrary to what many in the medical fields have long believed about the dying process, it is not where a patient passes away, but how and under what circumstances that loom higher on the lists of terminally ill patients. According to a new Canadian study led by Dr. Heyland, research director in the Department of Medicine at Kingston General Hospital, patients are more interested in their confidence levels of their physicians and medical facilities than they are of dying at home. The study was conducted over two years and included more than 400 seriously ill patients and 160 of their family members, the results were somewhat surprising. Out of 28 factors describing quality care, patients and family members rated "to have trust and confidence in the doctors looking after you" and "not to be kept alive on life supports when there is little hope for a meaningful recovery" as most important, whereas dying at home was ranked at 24 out of 28 by the patients and at number 14 for family members.