Background Being a family carer to a patient nearing the end of their life is a challenging
and confronting experience. Studies show that caregiving can have negative consequences …

Health professionals need to initiate end-of-life communication in a sensitive way. Specific
demands for health professionals in end-of-life communication are to differentiate own …

Introduction Dignity therapy is an end‐of‐life psychological intervention that focuses on the
creation of a legacy document to alleviate end‐of‐life distress. Dignity therapy is based on …

Hintergrund Palliative Versorgung ist ein Ansatz zur Verbesserung der Lebensqualität von
Patienten und ihren Angehörigen, die mit einer lebensbedrohlichen Erkrankung und den …

Patients' palliative care situation affects their whole family, and with every patient comes a
significant number of family caregivers requiring palliative care services. Despite this …

Attention to psychosocial care remains key to best palliative care practice although there
would be a trend towards describing psychological rather than social needs in this domain …

Yaşamı tehdit eden hastalığa sahip bireyler ve bu bireylerin yakınları palyatif bakım
sürecinde birtakım psikososyal sorunlarla karşı karşıya kalabilmektedir. Kaygı, stres …

This chapter expresses that biomedical, psychological, sociological, and religious
arguments about near death experiences (NDEs) tell something about the way in which …

Background The integration of holistic and effective end-of-life (EOL) care into cancer
management has increasingly become a recognized field. People living with terminal cancer …

Purpose The support for family members (FMs) during a patient's palliative hospital care has
been rarely studied, creating a gap in how FMs can be better supported. Psychosocial …