Importance Early discussion of end-of-life (EOL) care preferences improves clinical
outcomes and goal-concordant care. However, most EOL discussions occur approximately 1 …

High-quality communication can mitigate suffering during serious illness. Innovations in
theory and technology present the opportunity to advance serious illness communication …

Palliative care supports referring colleagues in multiples ways. This support to referring
colleagues is not often explored in the literature, yet the psychological concept that best …

What's in the Syringe? offers a succinct overview of the psychological skills of outpatient
palliative care, teaching clinicians how to help patients live well and acknowledge end of life …

Objective To explore how patients with advanced cancer, their families, and palliative care
clinicians communicate about existential experience during palliative care conversations …

Objective To study how treatment decisions are made alongside the lung cancer clinical
pathway. Methods A prospective, multicentre, multimethods, five-stage, qualitative study …

PURPOSE: We sought to characterize patient-oncologist communication and decision
making about continuing or limiting systemic therapy in encounters after an initial …

Background Adjuvant immunotherapy is revolutionising care for patients with resected stage
III and IV melanoma. However, immunotherapy may be associated with toxicity, making …

Purpose Outpatient care for patients with cancer compromises 60% to 70% of health care
costs during the last 6 months of life. Recent approvals for expensive biologics and growing …

Communication about prognosis is integral to effective palliative care. However, prognosis
communication often entails considering mortality, which can trigger existential questions …