This descriptive qualitative study was planned to determine the views of intern nursing
students about death and end-of-life care. The study was completed with 12 intern students …

Background: With an increasing aging population and heavy medical burden, euthanasia
has become a controversial topic in Hong Kong (HK) in recent years. Medical students are …

Objective Communication at the end-of-life (EOL) is complex and multidimensional.
Although culture is acknowledged as a key influence, there remains a gap in knowledge …

Objective Applying public health approaches to address palliative care allows for a broader
perspective. The Death Literacy Index (DLI) is a novel instrument designed to assess the …

The growing emphasis on evidence-based practice has led to a need for more research on
healthcare disciplines, and for the synthesis and translation of that research into practice …

Objectives: This study seeks to provide an understanding of the changing experiences in
caregivers of end-of-life patients in Hong Kong through exploring their caregiving journey …

Background: Those working in the field of palliative care have recognized that many terms
are being used synonymously and that clear definitions (or any definitions) for many of these …

There is currently growing recognition of the complex care needs of patients with life-limiting
conditions and their family members, prompting the need to revisit the goals of medicine …

We thank Donaldson [1] for his tremendous interest in our discussion of time-limited trial
(TLT) of intensive care [2, 3]. We are grateful that Donaldson concurred with us that “the …

Decision analysis regarding emergency medical treatment in patients with advanced
dementia has seldom been investigated. We aimed to examine the preferred medical …