Communication regarding serious illness is challenging in most circumstances. Patients with
Limited English Proficiency (LEP) have unique language and cultural needs that often …

The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of how written communication can
support the needs of palliative care patients. There is growing awareness that a patient …

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 …

Background: Communication about health care and especially end-of-life care is difficult for
clinicians and patients when they do not speak the same language. Our purpose was to …

Background: Speech and language therapy in palliative care is a developing discipline of
clinical practice. Research literature has highlighted that undergraduate palliative care …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …