Background Existential distress is a widely used concept used in describing cancer patients.
However, this concept is vague and has failed to achieve a consensus. The lack of a …

Objective The aim of this study was to describe nurses' experiences (> two years) of caring
for dying patients in surgical wards. Background Palliative care is included in education for …

An analysis of critical incidents describing the essence of oncology nursing. - Abstract - Europe
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Background Caring for patients in the end‐of‐life is an emotionally and physically
challenging task. Therefore, undergraduate nursing students (UNS) need opportunities to …

A new diagnosis of lung cancer is a highly threatening experience that raises personally
relevant existential issues and brings death-related thoughts and concerns to mind. Those …

A previous study indicated that patient narratives include experiences of suffering caused or
increased by health‐care encounters. The aim of this study was to interpret and understand …

Aim. The study explored terminally ill patients' and their families' experiences of hospital end-
of-life care. Design. A qualitative approach–interpretive phenomenology–was applied …

Background The advances in screening and treatment technologies for breast cancer allow
many women to survive. However, their experience of suffering through out this illness …

The purpose of this study was to explore nurses' emotional challenges when caring for the
dying in hospices. The study has a qualitative design, and knowledge was developed …

Aim. This study describes the meanings of generalist registered nurses' experiences of
caring for palliative care patients on general wards in hospitals. Background. Earlier …