Aim. The aim of this paper is to report a study exploring aspects of nurse–patient
relationships in the context of palliative care. Background. Although there are numerous …

Jean Watson (1981) suggested the art of nursing is the ability to care for patients with a
focus on communication in order to understand their emotional responses to their …

Aim. This paper reports a study of the perceptions of patients and nurses of palliative care
and, in particular, the concept of the expert palliative nurse. Background. Palliative care is a …

Aim: This study aimed to explore the experiences and perceptions of nurses caring for dying
patients and their families in the acute medical admission setting. Methods: A qualitative …

Aims and Objectives: To report a synthesis of the literature on the meaning of trust in the
context of patients' experiences of nursing. The review question was “How do patients …

Objectives: Admission of a cancer patient to a palliative unit when near the final stage of
their disease trajectory undoubtedly impacts their relatives. The aim of our study was to …

As end-of-life care becomes a more prominent issue in health care, it is important to address
the experience from the caregivers' perspective. In order to cope with the stressful …

Palliative care was studied for its potential to yield lessons for transforming doctor-patient
relationships to promote patient-centered care. Examination of patient and provider …

Aim. To describe and understand the experiences of Chinese family members of terminally
ill patients during the end of life process in a palliative care unit. Background. Palliative care …

Development of a theoretical framework describing relatives' involvement in palliative care
Background. The present study is based on four earlier studies in which the authors …