Advanced cancer, with its considerable physical symptoms and psychosocial burdens,
represents an existential threat and major stressor to patients and their caregivers. In …

Objective Caregivers for patients with cancer have an integral role in maintaining patients'
health. Although patients and caregivers experience the impact of cancer individually …

Background This study prospectively evaluated distress, depressive and anxiety symptoms
as well as associated factors in family caregivers (FC) of advanced cancer patients at …

Aim This study aims to assess the quality of life and quality of care as experienced by
patients with advanced cancer and their relatives while taking their interdependency into …

Objective Associations between marital satisfaction and illness acceptance are mediated by
different factors. This study examines whether partner communication mediates …

Abstract Problem Identification Approximately 2.8 million Americans care for an individual
with cancer. Because the literature typically describes caregiving experiences within patient …

Palliative and hospice care aims to improve quality of life of patients' relatives, but still little is
known about their specific problems and needs. We present a comprehensive literature …

Purpose Informed medical decision‐making at the end of life often requires engaging in
highly emotional, potentially upsetting discussions about prognosis, while ensuring that …

Background While the use of behavioral medicine in managing glioma patients' symptoms is
not well studied, the high symptom burden in patients and their family caregivers is well …

Although caregivers of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) play a critical role in supporting
their loved ones throughout the illness course, studies examining caregiver quality of life …