Increasing evidence demonstrates the benefits of early end-of-life care discussions with
patients with life-threatening illness and their families. However, these conversations often …

Background: Effective communication between healthcare professionals and relatives of
patients approaching the end-of-life is vital to ensure patients have a 'good death'. To …

Background: Few studies have examined physician–family caregiver communication at the
end of life, despite the important role families have in end-of-life care decisions. We …

Background: Medical care of patients with life limiting illness remains fraught with serious
deficiencies, including inadequate advance care planning, delayed hospice referral, and …

Background There is growing recognition that a diverse range of healthcare professionals
need competence in palliative approaches to care. Effective communication is a core …

Introduction: Improving end of life care is a national imperative. Unsatisfactory care persists
particularly in acute hospitals, with shortcomings, variability in communication and advance …

The aim of this study was to explore by whom, how, and when discussions about prognosis
and end-of-life issues should be initiated with terminally ill patients, and the context in which …

Background: Many reports suggest clinicians are often inadequately prepared to``diagnose
dying''or discuss the likelihood of imminent death with patients and families. Objective: To …

Objective: To study the effectiveness of patient physician communications regarding health
care choices at the end of life. We studied communications occurring between physicians …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the attitudes towards truth-telling of both terminal patients and
professional caregivers, and to determine their perceived barriers to full information …