Background The patients' task to find, evaluate and transfer health information to one's
individual condition and life requires competences that are summarized by the term 'health …

Health literacy refers to one's ability to obtain, process and understand health information
and services to enable sound health decision‐making. This is an area of increasing …

Aims and objectives To assess the levels of health literacy of Italian caregivers of patients
with heart failure. Background Health literacy is related to patients' health outcomes. Low …

Purpose Health literacy plays a key role in a patient's ability to use health information and
services, and can affect health outcomes. This study aimed to explore radiation therapists' …

Background: There is an emerging literature on the physician competencies most
meaningful to patients and their families. However, there has been no systematic review on …

Objectives The present mixed-method systematic review identifies facilitators and barriers in
palliative care communication among health professionals and older people. Methods The …

Insights in the challenges that healthcare providers encounter in serving low health literate
patients is lagging behind. This study explored challenges perceived by healthcare …

Background One of the barriers to the integration of palliative care within the process of
patient care and treatment is the lack of awareness of patients about palliative care. In order …

Background: Several studies have reported that African Americans are more likely than
whites to prefer aggressive treatments at the end of life. Objective: Since the medical …

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