Individuals with life-limiting physical illness experience lower mental health due to
existential distress (eg, demoralization, death anxiety) and mental disorders (eg, depression …

Background This article reports on the concept of “communicating prognostic uncertainty”
which emerged from a mixed methods survey asking family members to rank their …

Background Felt security in close relationships may affect individual adaptation responses to
existential threat in severe illness. We examined the contribution of attachment security to …

Objectives Fear of death and dying is common in patients with advanced cancer, but can be
difficult to address in clinical conversations. We aimed to show that the experience of death …

Objective Although a protective effect of reliable interpersonal relationships on existential
distress has been established, evidence remains inconclusive for attachment insecurity as …

Objectives Examine the prevalence of burn-out in health professionals working in a hospital
dedicated to patients with cancer. Explore the relationship between attachment style and …

Comment accompagner nos aînés de la meilleure façon possible? Les derniers scandales
sur les Ehpad ont jeté une lumière crue sur les dérives d'une approche capitalistique des …

Patients' emotional and behavioral reactions to the numerous losses caused by cancer and
its medical treatment have been studied using constructs of psychological and existential …