Health care providers play a key role in providing adequate symptom management and
promoting quality of life during chronic illness. Several studies have noted that adults with …

Purpose. The purpose of this analysis is to trace the evolution of the concept of palliative in
the United States, explicate its meanings, and draw comparisons with other related concepts …

Pain is one of the most common and distressing symptoms described by palliative cancer
patients. Despite the fact that pain can be controlled, poor pain relief continues to be a …

Patients with advanced cancer commonly experience nausea, vomiting, and/or retching
(NVR) as a result of the malignant process and its treatment. Recently, increasing attention …

Adequate management of symptoms in adults with lung cancer is an important focus for
clinical interventions. Knowledge of symptom prevalence and distress can be used to …

Using Snyder's theory of hope, the role of hope in the process of dying from a terminal
illness is discussed. In this theory, hope is defined as the perceived capability to produce …

Background Families are increasingly replacing skilled health care workers in the delivery of
unfamiliar complex care to their relatives with cancer, despite other obligations and …

This study examines the reported use of palliative care practices by nurses caring for
terminally ill patients in the acute care setting. Randomly selected nurses (n= 180) from six …

Background: Social work practitioners have the potential to make meaningful contributions
to improving palliative and end-of-life care because of their work in varied and divergent …

There is a loud silence in the literature on the issues related to palliative care for
hematological malignancies. This article presents information that begins to address that …