Prognostication, along with diagnosis and treatment, is a traditional core clinical skill of the
physician. Many patients and families receiving palliative care want information about life …

In general, most, but not necessarily all, patients want truthfulness about their health.
Available evidence indicates that truth-telling practices and preferences are, to an extent, a …

This stimulating new book provides a sophisticated introduction to the key issues in the
sociology of death and dying. In recent years, the social sciences have seen an upsurge of …

This paper draws upon Australian fieldwork to trace the changing notions of a good death
held by hospice and palliative care practitioners. Palliative care practitioners search for an …

In the UK, policies on health recognise the importance of supporting healthcare
professionals if they are to realise their potential for delivering quality services. Little is …

Nursing older dying patients: findings from an ethnographic study of death and dying in
elderly care wards Background and aim. The aim of the study was to explore the …

OBJECTIVE: Developing good care for dying people is important nowadays. Normative
expectations about what could be considered as a good death are inextricably bound up …

Prognostic Acceptance and the Well-Being of Patients Receiving Palliative Care for Cancer
Page 1 Prognostic Acceptance and the Well-Being of Patients Receiving Palliative Care for …

In recent years there has been a massive upsurge in academic, professional and lay interest
in mortality. This is reflected in academic and professional literature, in the popular media …

Goals of work Powerlessness and helplessness have been very little studied. The aims of
this study were (1) to describe what characterise such experiences and the meaning of them …