Purpose: To understand how oncologists provide care at the end of life, the emotions they
experience in the provision of this care, and how caring for dying patients may impact job …

Purpose: Communicating about the end of life with patients has been reported as one of the
most difficult and stressful part of the work of oncologists. Despite this fact, oncologists …

Conversations about death and dying are a crucial part of all medical care and are
particularly relevant in the field of oncology. Patients express a desire to have discussions …

Background: While caring for critically ill and terminal patients can elicit grief symptoms in
health care professionals, few studies have examined oncologists' grief over patient loss …

To identify what protocol and coping strategies oncologists turn to cope with patient loss, the
authors interviewed 20 oncologists at 3 hospitals. Using the grounded theory method …

OBJECTIVE To explore terminally ill patients' perceptions of their own suffering in order to
describe, from these patients' perspective, some elements of health care providers' response …

Purpose/Objectives: To characterize oncology nurses' attitudes toward care at the end of life
(EOL) and their experiences in caring for terminally ill patients, hospice discussions with …

Context: Review of published research indicates the need to better incorporate patient and
caregiver perceptions when providing end-of-life (EOL) care. Although considerable …

The benefits of effective communication in an oncology setting are multifold and include the
overall well-being of patients and health professionals, adherence to treatment regimens …

Objective The aims of the study were to examine patients' experiences of end-of-life (EOL)
discussions and to shed light on patients' perceptions of the transition from curative to …