Background There is growing recognition that a diverse range of healthcare professionals
need competence in palliative approaches to care. Effective communication is a core …

ABSTRACT I review conversation analytic research on healthcare interactions in palliative
care, and end-of-life preferences and plans conversations in other settings. The review …

This article presents a contemporary view on the state of the art of applied conversation
analytic studies of medical consultations. I begin by considering why conversation analysts …

Abstract Purpose of this Review The purpose of this review is to describe the evolution of
palliative care in paediatric oncology, the needs of children and their families in a paediatric …

Background: When patients are likely to die in the coming hours or days, families often want
prognostic information. Prognostic uncertainty and a lack of end-of-life communication …

Within palliative care, clear and open communication about death is encouraged.
Euphemisms are discouraged as threats to promoting clear understanding of the prognosis; …

Objective To synthesize existing qualitative research exploring the experiences of parents
caring for children with cancer during the end‐of‐life phase, and the factors that influence …

Children's agency in their own lives is increasingly recognised as important, including within
paediatric health care. The issue of acknowledging child agency is complex in the context of …

Background Although a significant proportion of children with cancer need palliative care,
few are referred or referred late, with oncologists and haematologists gatekeeping the …

A special section in the present issue of Patient Education and Counseling is dedicated to
advancing knowledge on communication about the end of life in healthcare settings. The …