Objective: Previous studies reveal that many terminally ill patients never receive hospice
care. Among those who do receive hospice, many enroll very close to the time of death …

To examine patients', families', and health care providers' preferences regarding preparation
for the end of life, attributes of preparation were generated in qualitative focus group …

Background This study explores with patients, carers and health care professionals if, when
and how Advance Care Planning conversations about patients' preferences for place of care …

The aim of this editorial is to highlight several research priorities and key implications for
policy and practice that inform an agenda to improve family carer support. The development …

Background In palliative care, caring for spouses suffering from incurable diseases can
provoke a range of reactions in informal caregivers that are part of the grieving process, as …

The end of life is a highly emotive and critical period in the life course and families often play
a central role during this time. Despite significant sociological work on dying as a relational …

Background: Determining the effect of caregiving and bereavement remains a challenge. To
date, no study has employed a comparison group to investigate caregivers' grief, quality of …

BACKGROUND The objective of the current study was to determine the best set of predictors
of psychological disorders, regrets, health‐related quality of life, and mental health function …

Background Being a family carer to a patient nearing the end of their life is a challenging
and confronting experience. Studies show that caregiving can have negative consequences …

Background End-of-life communication becomes increasingly difficult in terminal cancer,
which inevitably entails conversations around dying and death. In resource-limited areas …