Context Despite the availability of numerous tools professing to measure quality of life (QOL)
in the palliative care setting, no single instrument includes all patient-valued domains …

Background: The research conducted in palliative care is often medically oriented. There are
few studies clarifying the patient's preferences, priorities and desires in palliative care. The …

Objective Patient suffering is a neglected area of care, partly because of poor definitions.
The aim of this study was to distill what is currently known about suffering in the health …

Patients with advanced cancer and family caregivers in palliative care face physical,
psychological, social and existential challenges, much of the time home alone. Specialist …

Context There is little research on quality of care specific to palliative care units (PCUs).
Objectives To delineate important aspects of satisfaction with care and quality of care on a …

Background Attention to the existential dimension of an individual's experience during
serious illness is important. However, existential concerns continue to be poorly defined in …

Aim The aim of this study was to illuminate and clarify the concept of existential issues in
relation to nursing research and nursing practice. Methods This article is a theoretical …

Purpose The present study explores patients' experiences of transitions during courses of
incurable cancer. So far, qualitative studies have primarily contributed with insight on what it …

Purpose The aim of this study was to explore and understand the lived experience of older
people living alone and suffering from incurable cancer in rural Norway. Methods and …

RESUMO JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: Sintomas não controlados influenciam
negativamente a qualidade de vida, alterando humor, ingestão alimentar e atividades da …