Palliative care has been one of the most rapidly growing fields of health care in the United
States in the past decade. The benefits of palliative care have now been shown in multiple …

Purpose To provide a state-of-the-art review of communication skills training (CST) that will
guide the establishment of a universal curriculum for fellows of all cancer specialties …

Symptoms and compromised quality of life prevail throughout the course of heart failure (HF)
and thus should be specifically addressed with palliative measures. Palliative care for HF …

In this chapter, contemplative practices are conceptualized as methods that function as
neural exercises enhancing vagal regulation of the autonomic nervous system. The model …

Background The long-term and often lifelong relationship of general practitioners (GPs) with
their patients is considered to make them the ideal initiators of advance care planning …

Objective To identify and synthesise evidence for interventions targeting end-of-life
communication. Methods Database, reference list and author searches were conducted to …

Background: Quality cancer care requires addressing patients' emotions, which oncologists
infrequently do. Multiday courses can teach oncologists skills to handle emotion; however …

Objective: To compare prolonged mechanical ventilation decision-makers' expectations for
long-term patient outcomes with prospectively observed outcomes and to characterize …

Background Evaluation of the SPIKES protocol, a recommended guideline for breaking bad
news, is sparse, and information about patients' preferences for bad-news delivery in …

Aim To determine the prevalence and contributing factors of moral distress in medical and
surgical nurses. Background Moral distress from ethical conflicts in the work environment is …