ObjectivesIn palliative care, effective communication is essential to adequately meet the
needs and preferences of patients and their relatives. Effective communication includes …

Objective Issues regarding clinician communication remain an important source of
complaints within healthcare. This systematic review aims to determine cancer patients' and …

Background For some patients with advanced cancer not knowing prognosis is essential.
Yet, in an era of informed decision-making, the potential protective function of unawareness …

Background: Palliative care in primary care and nursing home settings is becoming
increasingly important. A multidimensional palliative care approach, provided by a …

Purpose To assess perception of prognosis in patients with advanced cancer, its association
with patient's characteristics and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Methods In a …

Objectives Being met with empathy increases information sharing, treatment coherence, and
helps patients to recover faster. However, we do not know how the content of the …

Background The non-curative setting makes communication and shared decision-making in
palliative care extremely demanding. This is even more so for patients with limited health …

Background Following a breast cancer diagnosis, it is uncertain whether women's breast
density knowledge influences their willingness to undergo pre-operative imaging to detect …

Context Incorporation of a palliative care approach is increasingly needed in primary care
and nursing home care because most people with a life-limiting illness or frailty live there …

ObjectivesWe aimed to investigate effects of prognostic communication strategies on
emotions, coping, and appreciation of consultations in advanced cancer. MethodsFor this …