Aim: Experiences of family members of terminally ill patients with hospital end-of-life care
were explored. The study is part of a larger study that investigated patients' and families' …

Aim. The study explored terminally ill patients' and their families' experiences of hospital end-
of-life care. Design. A qualitative approach–interpretive phenomenology–was applied …

The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of patients with a terminal illness and
their families of their relationships with healthcare providers in a Swiss tertiary care hospital …

Background Acute hospital settings are generally not considered adequate places for end‐
of‐life care, but terminally ill patients will continue to die in acute medical wards in the …

Aim and objective. The aim of this article is to report a study exploring experiences of
relatives who have been present immediately prior to and after the death (in the last 72 …

The aim of the study was to describe nurses' experiences in caring for gravely ill and dying
patients outside special palliative care settings. Tape‐recorded qualitative interviews were …

Background This paper focuses on communication between hospital staff and family carers
of patients dying on acute hospital wards, with an emphasis on the family carers' …

Purpose To elicit family members' experiences of end-of-life care in adult intensive care
units. Design and methods A descriptive, exploratory, qualitative design was utilised. A …

Background With a growing nursing home population suffering from chronic progressive
illnesses and evolving patterns of comorbidities, end‐of‐life communication takes on a …

The patient who enters at the intensive care unit (ICU) usually does because of health
conditions that are sometimes irreversible and lead to death, and the care at the end of life …