Effective communication is central to showing empathy at the end of someone's life, yet it is
also perhaps the most difficult skill to get right. As a result, communication is one of the …

Many healthcare professionals either feel too inhibited to talk about death to a dying patient
or consider that it will undermine wellbeing. Experienced nurses can help prepare and …

The article discusses the importance of sensitive and effective communication between
patients and healthcare professionals (HCP) in effectively addressing the challenges in the …

Effective communication is central to promoting high-quality palliative care. Inadequate
communication may be the source of much distress for patients and their families, and …

Every year more than half a million people die in the United Kingdom, and most of these
deaths occur in hospitals. 1 While some deaths occur suddenly, the majority of deaths are …

Patients use many different coping mechanisms when they are facing a terminal diagnosis,
but it should not be assumed that they want to talk to nurses about the terminal nature of …

Good communication with patients can be a powerful tool in palliative care. However,
discussing fears and anxieties at length is also something that many nurses find difficult …

Effective communication in palliative care would be the goal of most health care workers;
these skills are assumed to be innate in the caring professions but the evidence can be …

Effective symptom control is impossible without effective communication. The most powerful
analgesics will be of little value if health care professionals do not have an accurate …

Julie Griffie is a clinical nurse specialist at Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI. Paula Nelson-
Marten is an associate professor of nursing at the School of Nursing, University of Colorado …