Background Current guidelines set out when to start anticancer treatments, but not when to
stop as the end of life approaches. Conventional cytotoxic agents are administered …

Discussing do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders is part of daily hospital practice in oncology
departments. Several medical factors and patient characteristics are associated with issuing …

BACKGROUND To the authors' knowledge, little is known regarding the relationship
between patients' and families' satisfaction with aggressive end‐of‐life care. Herein, the …

Background: Patients with advanced cancer often have to make difficult decisions, such as
how much to spend on moderately life-extending treatments. This and other end-of-life …

Simple Summary Growing evidence has underscored the importance of assessing patient
values, ie, who or what matters most, in treatment decision making, yet which factors are …

Singapore is in the midst of several healthcare reforms in efforts to finance and deliver
health services for a rapidly aging population. The primary focus of these reforms is to make …

Background In the United States, lung cancer is a major health problem that is associated
with significant patient distress and often limited survival, with some exceptions. The …

A prospective case series was studied to assess the potential for complete healing of
wounds among patients with advanced illness referred to a regional palliative care program …

Objectives To systematically identify knowledge clusters and research gaps in the health-
related preferences of older patients with multimorbidity by mapping current evidence …

Background Appropriately timed cessation of chemotherapy is an important aspect of good
quality palliative care. There is wide variation in the reported rates of chemotherapy …