CONTEXT: The End of Life Care Strategy for England highlights effective communication
between patients and professionals as key to facilitating patient involvement in advance …

Background: Reports describe patient and health care system benefits when clinicians
engage in end-of-life conversations with patients diagnosed with life-limiting illnesses, yet …

Background Guidelines recommend open discussions between patients and healthcare
professionals as the end-of-life (EOL) approaches. Much of the knowledge about the EOL is …

Evidence-based recommendations concerning how to discuss dying, life expectancy, and
likely future symptoms with patients with a limited life expectancy and their families are …

Context Discussions about end-of-life care are often difficult for patients and clinicians, and
inadequate communication poses a barrier to patients receiving the care they desire …

Background Current models of end-of-life care (EOLC) have been largely developed for
cancer and may not meet the needs of heart failure patients. Aim To review the literature …

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

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: Timely and effective communication about end-of-life issues, including
conversations about prognosis and goals of care, are extremely beneficial to terminally ill …

Context Patient-clinician communication is an important prerequisite to delivering high-
quality end-of-life care. However, discussions about end-of-life care are uncommon in …