Negotiating decisions on aggressive cancer care at end-of-life between patients, family members, and physicians–a qualitative interview study

MW Haun, A Wildenauer, M Hartmann, C Bleyel… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Patients with advanced cancer do receive increasingly aggressive end-of-life
care, despite it does often not prolong survival time but entails decreased quality of life for …

[HTML][HTML] Advance care planning and end-of-life communications: practical tips for oncology advanced practitioners

P Goswami - Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Advance care planning discussions ensure patients' values and goals of care, including the
freedom to choose their place of death, are respected. The benefits of advance care …

Goals of Care Among Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Family Caregivers in the Last Years of Life

S Ozdemir, I Chaudhry, C Malhotra, I Teo… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Understanding goals of care for terminally ill patients at the end of life is crucial
to ensure that patients receive care consistent with their preferences. Objectives To …

“Often relatives are the key […]”–family involvement in treatment decision making in patients with advanced cancer near the end of life

K Laryionava, D Hauke, P Heußner… - The …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Family communication has been increasingly recognized as an important factor
in decision making near the end of life. However, the role of the family in decision making is …

Physician–patient end-of-life care discussions: correlates and associations with end-of-life care preferences of cancer patients—a cross-sectional survey study

ST Tang, TW Liu, LN Liu, CF Chiu… - Palliative …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Honoring patients' treatment preferences is a key component of high-quality
end-of-life care. Connecting clinical practices to patients' preferences requires effective …

Aggressiveness of care at the end-of-life in cancer patients and its association with psychosocial functioning in bereaved caregivers

J Tönnies, M Hartmann, D Jäger, C Bleyel… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Study Registration https://www. drks. de/drks_web/navigate. do? navigationId= trial.
HTML&TRIAL_ID= DRKS00022837, DRKS00022837. Background Intensified oncological …

Experiences of bereaved family caregivers with shared decision making in palliative cancer treatment: a qualitative interview study

SPC van Oosterhout, DJM Ermers… - BMC palliative …, 2021 - Springer
Background Patients with incurable cancer face complex medical decisions. Their family
caregivers play a prominent role in shared decision making processes, but we lack insights …

[HTML][HTML] The role of relatives in decisions concerning life-prolonging treatment in patients with end-stage malignant disorders: informants, advocates or surrogate …

D Hauke, S Reiter-Theil, E Hoster, W Hiddemann… - Annals of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Background This study examines the extent to which relatives of severely ill cancer patients
are involved in the decision to limit treatment (DLT), their role in communicating patient …

How family caregivers of persons with advanced cancer assist with upstream healthcare decision-making: a qualitative study

JN Dionne-Odom, D Ejem, R Wells, AE Barnato… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Aims Numerous healthcare decisions are faced by persons with advanced cancer from
diagnosis to end-of-life. The family caregiver role in these decisions has focused on being a …

End of life decision-making for cancer patients

SM Parks, L Winter - Primary Care: Clinics in Office …, 2009 - primarycare.theclinics.com
Improving the end-of-life (EOL) experience for patients and families with advanced cancer is
an important goal for the health care community and society as a whole. A large body of …