Objective: To explore the preferences of competent patients with advanced lung cancer
regarding involvement of family and/or others in their medical decision-making, and their …

Partners and other family members are key supports for cancer patients. Most cope well with
the caregiving role, but an important minority become highly distressed or develop an …

Objective To construct a model of shared decision making (SDM) about cancer treatment by
conducting an extensive consultation of stakeholders, informed by the literature. Methods …

Background Families are increasingly replacing skilled health care workers in the delivery of
unfamiliar complex care to their relatives with cancer, despite other obligations and …

ABSTRACT Background Family caregivers (FCs) are critically important for patients with
cancer, yet they may experience psychological distress related to caregiving demands. We …

Objective Shared decision making (SDM) for cancer treatment yields positive results.
However, it appears that discussing essential topics for SDM is not fully integrated into …

Objective This study explores how caregiver relationship quality with family, patient, and
patient's health care provider (HCP) is associated with subjective caregiver burden during …

Background Few intervention programs assist patients and their family caregivers to
manage advanced cancer and maintain their quality of life (QOL). This study examined (i) …

There is a dearth of information in the literature about the concordance of preferences for
end-of-life care between terminally ill patients and their family surrogates outside the …

Background The complexity of end‐of‐life (EOL) communication in cancer care is often
increased by family caregivers, who frequently affect the information and decision‐making …