Aims and objectives To describe the process that nurses experienced in engaging with
families in Malaysian palliative care settings and the challenges they faced. Background In …

Objective To examine transitions out of prognostic talk in interactions between clinicians and
the relatives and friends of imminently dying hospice patients. Methods Conversation …

CONTEXT: Palliative care (PC) consultations result in improved patient understanding of
prognosis and better quality of life, yet the content and processes of prognosis …

Background: There is no consensus approach to describe the process or components of
goals of care (GOC) conversations. Objective: The objective was to review the utilization of …

Data from two descriptive studies regarding decision making in pediatric oncol ogy were
analyzed using qualitative, secondary analysis techniques to describe how parents view …

Hay distintos modos de tratar con la escritura de la biografía o del ensayo sobre un autor.
Está el modo en que Sarmiento trata a Facundo, pensando su vida como una esquirla en la …

Families of older adults are intricately involved in the end-of-life decision-making process for
a family member with a serious illness in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. However …

Background: Communication about prognosis is a key ingredient of effective palliative care.
When patients with advanced cancer develop increased prognostic understanding, there is …

The shift from life-prolonging and palliative care can be fraught with interpersonal
complexities as patients face dilemmas around mortality and the dying process. Nurses can …

Background: Although dying children are often aware of their impending death, parents are
reluctant to communicate with their dying child about death. Objective: The objective of this …