Background: Practitioners who deliver enhanced empathy may improve patient satisfaction
with care. Patient satisfaction is associated with positive patient outcomes ranging from …

In the context of a district municipality in Lima in 2023, quality of care and citizen satisfaction
are vital areas of study to understand the effectiveness of local government policies. This …

Context Although several interventions aimed to promote end-of-life conversations are
available, it is unclear whether and how these affect delivery of end-of-life conversations …

Background End-of-life discussions for patients with advanced cancer are internationally
recommended to ensure consistency of end-of-life care with patients' values. This study …

Objective: Palliative care often plays a pivotal role in supporting informal caregivers of
persons living with dementia who experience a lack of continuity in care. Dementia …

Serious illness communication in homecare about hospice and/or palliative care transitions
is lacking due to clinical culture. The purpose of the current study was to understand …

Abstract Background Post-war Japanese tend to avoid discussion of death, resulting in a
lack of death communication within clinical settings. However, with the aging of society, the …

Introduction In a nationwide survey of practices, we sought to define the criteria,
circumstances and consequences of non-beneficial admissions to the intensive care unit …

Background Given the lack of valid and reliable instruments for evaluating the quality of
communication between physicians and cancer patients and their family caregivers in …

Background Self-regulation is crucial for nurses who engage in in-depth end-of-life
conversations with advanced cancer patients, especially in cultural contexts featuring death …