A movement worldwide, and specifically new to our hospital, is the implementation of Patient-
and Family-Centered Care. We were unsure, however, what the needs were of our patients' …

Aims and objectives To clarify patient participation by specifying three kinds of information
flows between healthcare professionals and patients in four models such as the …

Abstract Purpose of Review The family plays a significant role in end-of-life care and
decision-making with advanced cancer patients. This non-systematic review aims to …

Internationally, nurses and physicians are increasingly expected to undertake roles in
communication and patient advocacy, including in Japan, where the reigning principle …

Purpose The aim of this study is to examine family members' experiences of end-of-life
decision-making processes in Norwegian intensive care units (ICUs) to ascertain the degree …

Background Family members are important in the perioperative care of surgical patients.
During the perioperative period, communication about the patient occurs between surgeons …

The research aimed to identify what involvement patients want in clinical decision‐making
and explore the underlying factors influencing that choice, thus identifying aids and barriers …

Aims The current study investigated the perceived importance and the perceived met needs
of family members in the medical intensive care unit and assessed family members' …

The aim of this pilot study was to find out how families experience the hospitalization of one
family member and to chart the participation of the family in the treatment of the hospitalized …

The purpose of this study was to examine attitudes of registered nurses and licensed
practical nurses about the importance of the family in surgical hospital units before (T1) and …