Background: Despite the abundant literature on this topic, accurate prevalence estimates of
pain in cancer patients are not available. We investigated the prevalence of pain in cancer …

Abstract Changes in the health care system have resulted in a shift of cancer care from the in‐
patient arena to ambulatory and home settings. This shift has likewise translated into …

The objective of the study was to determine whether teams providing specialist palliative
care improve the health outcomes of patients with advanced cancer and their families or …

We propose a model for evaluating the quality of dying and death based on concepts
elicited from literature review, qualitative interviews with persons with and without chronic …

Informal carers in cancer and palliative care are known to have high needs and
psychological morbidity, yet a literature review identified few targeted interventions. This …

To determine whether hospital-based palliative care teams improve the process or
outcomes of care for patients and families at the end of life, a systematic literature review …

OBJECTIVE: To describe family perceptions of care at the end of life. METHODS: In a
representative sample of older people who died from chronic diseases, family members …

A major challenge in research into care at the end of life is the difficulty of obtaining the
views and experiences of representative samples of patients. Studies relying on patients' …

This paper reports on a grounded theory interview‐based study with 13 family members
aged 28–80 years caring for terminally ill people at home (with a life expectancy of 3 months …

There is increasing evidence to suggest that patients with cancer require more information
about their disease and its consequences than they receive. In an attempt to address these …