Goals of work The purpose of the study was to describe how interaction about changes in
illness and prognosis was shaped by participants in outpatient palliative cancer care …

Building on the research conducted on institutional communication, and the analysis of
actual communication taking place in clinical settings, this study describes and highlights …

Background: Conversations with seriously ill patients about their values and goals have
been associated with reduced distress, a better quality of life, and goal-concordant care near …

AimTo describe the impact of interactions with health care professionals revealed by
people's accounts of living and dying with cancer; to explore reasons for the observed …

Discussing disease progression is a core task in palliative care. This is especially important
when there are indications that a patient considers their death as less imminent than the …

In the transition from curative to palliative cancer care, communication is of special
importance. The aim of this study was to explore how patients with a disseminated cancer …

Objectives: In clinical palliative cancer care, the diversity of patient concerns over time
makes information provision a critical issue, the demands of information-seeking patients …

Objectives This qualitative study aimed to investigate communication about death in
consultations with patients undergoing chemotherapy with no curative intent. Specifically …

Research Question: How does the process of engagement and integration of sources of
information outside patient–physician interaction affect how individuals with cancer interpret …

Objective There is a limited understanding of symptom meaning and its significance to
clinical practice within symptom experience literature. This study aims to qualitatively …