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 …

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 nursing literature suggests that talking and listening to patients about issues associated
with death and dying, is both important and difficult, and may be improved with training. This …

Many patients and families can give an extremely detailed account of receiving serious
news, even years after the experience. This communication between the health professional …

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 …

This chapter focuses on the importance of communication skills as a central aspect of the
nursing assessment and management of patients and families receiving palliative care. It …

Aim. The aim of this paper is to report a study exploring patients' understanding of their
discussions about end‐of‐life care with nurses in a palliative care setting. Background. It is …

Nurses, social workers, doctors and other professionals hear different questions and
comments from patients. As they begin to fear that their illness is not responding to …

CONCLUSION: THOUGHTS OF A PALLIATIVE CARE USER 197 part in that for
'younger'cancer sufferers run by my local day hospice. From that grew my interest in …