Purpose Cancer caregivers experience health challenges related to their caregiving role,
and self-efficacy can contribute to health outcomes through behavioral, environmental, and …

Objective: Patients and families coping with a terminal illness are faced with a number of
decisions over the course of their disease. The role that family communication plays in the …

Background Communication about the end of life is especially important in the family
context, as patients and their families are considered as the care unit in palliative care. Open …

Purpose Depression is the most common negative reaction among family caregivers of
terminal cancer patients, persisting to post-bereavement. A modifiable factor associated with …

Previous research suggests that caregivers and terminally ill patients face substantial
difficulties discussing illness and death. Existing research, however, has focused primarily …

Objectives During serious illness, open communication with caregivers can ensure high-
quality care. Without end-of-life communication, caregivers may become surrogates and …

Along with the increase in elderly patients with chronic and disabling conditions, the number
of family caregivers continues to rise. Caregiving has been associated with negative …

Purpose This study aimed to examine the following questions: to what extent do patients and
caregivers perceive their family members to be avoidant of communication regarding …

Chinese family members play an important role in end-of-life decision making. Culturally,
they may believe that a patient's awareness of a poor prognosis could harm his or her well …

CONTEXT: For many hospice caregivers, the constancy and difficulty of caregiving impact
their physical quality of life and cause depression, psychological distress, guilt, loneliness …