Around 1–3% of the world's population has intellectual disabilities (Mash and Wolfe, 2004).
Communication difficulties are a major obstacle in providing effective palliative care to this …

Legalizing medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has transformed how palliative and hospice
care providers (PHCPs) engage in end of life conversations with patients and their loved …

Background: Effective communication between healthcare professionals and relatives of
patients approaching the end-of-life is vital to ensure patients have a 'good death'. To …

123 Background: According to the 2011 US Census 60% of people living in the US speak a
language other than English at home, and of these approximately 40% have limited English …

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

Inadequate information provision is considered a barrier to informed and shared decision-
making (Joseph-Williams et al., 2013), and lowers client engagement and client outcomes …

Background Illness and death are part of life for everyone, including people with intellectual
disabilities. This study investigated the extent to which staff communicate about death with …

Julie Yingling, PhD, and Maureen Keeley, PhD more specifically, and about health
communication in particular. 3 Pertinent to your concerns is our study into final …

The goal of this study was to understand the use and effectiveness of current communication
protocols in terminal prognosis disclosures. Data were gathered from an interdisciplinary …

This paper examines the role of the speechlanguage pathologist (SLP) in supporting
decision-making for people with cognitive disability and complex communication needs …