Understanding and supporting informal cancer caregivers

A Molassiotis, M Wang - Current treatment options in oncology, 2022 - Springer
Opinion statement Informal caregivers invest a significant amount of time and effort to
provide cancer patients with physical, psychological, information, and social support. These …

Area-based compassionate communities: a systematic integrative review of existing initiatives worldwide

B Quintiens, L D'Eer, L Deliens… - Palliative …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Area-Based Compassionate Communities are community public health
interventions which focus on the role of the community in palliative care provision. They …

Exploring the challenges and roles of nurses in delivering palliative care for cancer patients and co-morbidities in Ghana

EO Appiah, A Menlah, J Xu, AA Susana… - BMC Palliative Care, 2023 - Springer
Background Patients suffering from chronic and life-threatening diseases receive
inadequate palliative care in low-income countries, eventually leading to poor quality of life …

'Out of the frying pan into the fire': a qualitative study of the impact on masculinity for men living with advanced prostate cancer

Y Salifu, K Almack, G Caswell - Palliative Care and Social …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Studies have highlighted how advanced prostate cancer causes biographical
disruption and presents challenges to masculine identities for men. This article draws on a …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers to accessing internationally controlled essential medicines in sub-saharan Africa: a scoping review

GI Ooms, J van Oirschot, D de Kant… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Access to internationally controlled essential medicines (ICEMs), medicines
that are listed on both the World Health Organization's Essential Medicines List and one of …

Role of patients' family members in end-of-life communication: an integrative review

J Pun, JCH Chow, L Fok, KM Cheung - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To synthesise empirical findings on the role of family in end-of-life (EOL)
communication and to identify the communicative practices that are essential for EOL …

Patients' experiences of transfers between care settings in palliative care: an interview study

F Mertens, M Sercu, A Derycke, L Naert… - Annals of palliative …, 2022 - biblio.ugent.be
Background: Palliative patients often suffer from serious illness and commonly move
between care settings. As such, transfers of patients can take place between acute hospital …

Perspectives in preparedness of family caregivers of patients with cancer providing end-of-life care in the home: A narrative review of qualitative studies

E Ongko, J Philip, N Zomerdijk - Palliative & Supportive Care, 2023 - cambridge.org
BackgroundMany patients with advanced cancer identify home as being their preferred
place of death. A critical component in achieving a home death is the support of family …

The roles and experiences of informal carers providing care to people with advanced cancer in Africa—A systematic review and critical interpretive analysis

RG Gambe, J Clark, SA Meddick-Dyson… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
There is an increasing prevalence of cancer in Africa with approximately 80% of cancers
diagnosed at an advanced stage. High out-of-pocket healthcare costs and overstretched …

Comparing situational influences on differential healthcare utilization trajectories in patients on home palliative care: A qualitative study

S Yoon, H Goh, ZZ Yeo, GM Yang… - Palliative & Supportive …, 2024 - cambridge.org
ObjectivesPatients with terminal cancer receiving home palliative care present differential
healthcare utilization trajectories before death. It remains unclear which situational elements …