Background: Healthcare providers working in hospitals are frequently exposed to patients
with palliative care needs. For most patients, these reflect non-specialist rather than …

Objective: The objective of this review was to provide a comprehensive overview of the
measurement properties of the available instruments used by clinicians for identifying adults …

Background Oncologists are often concerned that talking about death with patients may
hinder their relationship. However, the views of death held by patients have not been …

Objective: A cancer diagnosis represents a unique trauma, given its life-threatening,
multidimensional, and uncertain nature. Gratitude is a construct representing the emotional …

Background: Early activation of palliative care for patients with advanced cancer is central in
the treatment trajectory. At the Veneto Institute of Oncology, a simultaneous-care outpatient …

Background Early palliative care (EPC) is an important aspect of cancer management but, to
our knowledge, has never been evaluated in patients with head and neck cancer. Hence …

Purpose The aim of this study was to identify symptoms of severe intensity or very low scores
for quality of life (QoL) domains in newly diagnosed outpatients with advanced cancer …

Context To improve access to palliative care, identification of patients in need of general or
specialized palliative care is necessary. To our knowledge, no available identification …

Objectives Many associations have recently recommended early integration of oncology and
palliative care for more standard cancer care and better quality of life. We aimed to create a …

In the advanced cancer setting, low psychological functioning is a common symptom and its
deleterious impact on health outcomes is well established. Yet, the beneficial role of positive …