Family caregivers provide substantial care for patients with advanced cancer, while suffering
from hidden morbidity and unmet needs. The objectives of this review were to examine risk …

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), patient-reported experience measures
(PREMs) and patient satisfaction surveys provide important information on how care can be …

Purpose The Institute of Medicine (IOM) identified patient-centeredness as crucial to quality
health care. The IOM endorsed six patient-centeredness dimensions that stipulated that care …

Background Early palliative care improves the quality of life (QoL) and satisfaction with care
of patients with advanced cancer, but little is known about its effect on caregivers. Here, we …

Background Health care professionals should prevent and relieve suffering in carers of
patients with advanced cancer. Despite known positive effects of systematic carer support …

Objective To identify determinants of older patients' perceptions of involvement in decision-
making on colorectal (CRC) or pancreatic cancer (PC) treatment, and to compare these with …

Objective Many preference‐sensitive decisions have to be made in breast cancer care and
little is known about the decision‐making processes between breast cancer patients and the …

Background: Informal carers face many challenges in caring for patients with palliative care
needs. Selecting suitable valid and reliable outcome measures to determine the impact of …

We aimed to assess the level of satisfaction with hospital care of patients with advanced
cancer and its association with quality of life and other patient characteristics. Eligible …

Objective As the first stage in developing an intervention for family caregivers of individuals
with advanced cancer, we conducted a focus group study to understand their needs …