The rapidly evolving field of palliative care focuses on the management of phenomena that
produce discomfort and undermine the quality of life of patients with terminal medical …

Patients receiving palliative care often express a desire to die. Forms and backgrounds of
these expressions can be diverse. To contribute to a better understanding of this …

The communication skills of noticing emotional cues and responding empathically are
necessary but insufficient for some conversations about redefining goals of care. For some …

The article discusses the implications of empathy gap for palliative care decision making
and how it could shed light on physician perceptions of initiating palliative care as depriving …

Background: Early palliative care improves quality of life and satisfaction with care and is
increasingly endorsed for patients with advanced cancer. However, little is known about the …

Objectives The meaning that patients and carers attribute to their experience of palliative
care is fundamental to the provision, practice and evaluation of optimal care. This analysis …

Purpose: End-of-life care is designed as response to patients' verbally communicated
needs. The concept of dying as a process would allow us to improve care. This concept may …

Many patients and families can give an extremely detailed account of receiving serious
news, even years after the experience. This communication between the health professional …

Objective Caregivers of patients with cancer are at significant risk for existential distress.
Such distress negatively impacts caregivers' quality of life and capacity to serve in their role …

Conceptual models and the taxonomies associated with them are inherent tools of goal-
directed activity. Conceptual models partition reality, discerning differences within a …