In this thesis I set out to explore and develop a definition for quality of life derived from the
perspective of individuals in the final stages of life. Narrative inquiry was used to explore the …

This qualitative study explored the meaning of quality of life (QOL) from the perspective of
palliative care patients by examining their lived experiences and their perceptions of what …

Palliative care is the active, total care for patients and their families who face the problems
associated with a disease that is not responsive to curative treatment. The palliative care …

Over the past two decades, quality of lifehas emerged asamajortopicinthediscussionoftheeffectofm…
treatment (1). Oncology was historicallyone of the first medicaldisdplinesexplicitlytoconsidernotonl …

METHODS Data were collected by semistructured indepth interviews lasting 30 minutes to
1.5 hours. Interviews were loosely structured, using an interview guide. Data were also …

For patients near the end of life, quality of life becomes an even more central goal of care
than for patients for whom recovery is expected. While patient quality of life is essentially an …

The World Health Organization defines palliative care by its focus on improving quality of life
(QOL). Although reducing suffering is part of improving QOL, it should not be the sole focus …

MOST CLINICIANS AND RESEARCHERS agree that improvement of the patient's quality of
life is the ultimate goal in palliative care. A similar approach is taken by the World Health …

In recent years, there has been considerable output in the literature concerning the
development of scales that are meant to capture, assess, and quantify subjective outcomes …

The purpose of this study was, using secondary analysis on data collected from previous
empirical studies, to focus on improving the quality of life due to the new possibilities for …