Good communication between nurses and patients is a central aspect of palliative care.
However, evaluation of courses designed to improve nurses' communication skills has been …

Mrs. Cohen is a 72-year-old, African American patient who was diagnosed with stage III
breast cancer less than a year ago. Since her diagnosis, she has undergone a double …

In A Natural History of Family Cancer, 1 the story is told of how family members talk about
and through terminal illness on the telephone. Over 13 months and across 61 phone calls …

Linda Ganca is the course convener and lecturer in undergraduate programmes in palliative
care at the University of Cape Town's Division of Family Medicine. She also co-facilitates …

This paper reports on an ethnographic investigation of a palliative day care unit. The aim of
the study was to explore communication processes amongst patients with terminal disease …

To identify and achieve a dying patient's wishes, resolve any lingering conflicts, and reach
closure at the end of life, open and effective communication is essential. This narrative …

Informing families about the impending or actual death of their relatives is one of the most
challenging and complex tasks a physician may face. The following article describes goal …

Since the 1960s the ethics, benefits, and stresses of open communication during a terminal
illness have been widely discussed. After the pioneer work of Glaser and Strauss (1) …

Talking about sad, bad, and difficult things with patients and their families is a fundamental
and an inevitable part of the health-care professional's (HCPs) work, but one in which few …

Communication about end-of-life care is increasingly recognized as a core clinical skill, but
doctors are often unprepared to have these conversations. Crisis situations at the end of life …