Psychosocial Interventions at the end-of-life: a scoping review

NM Chew, EL Ting, L Kerr, DJ Brewster… - Cancer …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
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 …

Mental health in patients with advanced cancer at the end of life: evaluation of evidence and future directions

RH Lehto, SEL Miller, M Flanigan… - Expert Review of Quality …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The mental health of patients with advanced cancer at the end of life is a strong
contributor to suffering on the part of both the patient and family. A closer look is needed to …

Psychosocial Interventions for End‐of‐Life Care: An Invited Commentary

M Ftanou, MC Pascoe, S Ellen - Australian Psychologist, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
End‐of‐life care impacts on emotional, physical, spiritual, and social wellbeing for both the
individual and their family. Despite remarkable medical advances in the field, the empirical …

Physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of end-of-life trajectory among patients with advanced cancer: A phenomenological inquiry

GL Lee, A Ramaswamy - Death studies, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The study examined and described the perspectives of people living with advanced cancer
and the changes over time in their needs and experiences. This paper reports the accounts …

Psychosocial interventions for advanced cancer patients: a systematic review

I Teo, A Krishnan, GL Lee - Psycho‐oncology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Psychosocial care for advanced cancer encompasses a wide range of
interventions that help patients make life‐changing decisions, manage debilitating …

Psychosocial experiences of cancer survivors and their caregivers in sub‐Saharan Africa: A synthesis of qualitative studies

E Ikharo, KW Gondwe, JL Conklin, CC Zimba… - Psycho …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To synthesize and examine current literature on survivorship experiences and
psychosocial oncologic care programs of individuals affected by cancer in sub‐Saharan …

End-of-life care provided for Cancer patients: a Metasynthesis study

Z Ghezelsefli, F Ahmadi, E Mohammadi - Holistic Nursing Practice, 2020 - journals.lww.com
In the health care setting, and especially in cancer patients nearing the end of life,
administrators, medical staff, patients, and families face challenges of a social, legal …

Understanding and addressing the role of coping in palliative care for patients with advanced cancer

JA Greer, AJ Applebaum, JC Jacobsen… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
Advanced cancer, with its considerable physical symptoms and psychosocial burdens,
represents an existential threat and major stressor to patients and their caregivers. In …

End-of-life cancer care redesign: Patient and caregiver experiences in a lay health worker–led intervention

MI Patel, D Moore, TR Coker - American Journal of Hospice …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Importance: The Engagement of Patients with Advanced Cancer (EPAC), comprised of a lay
health worker (LHW) who assists patients with advance care planning, is an effective …

Associations between psycho-social-spiritual interventions, fewer aggressive end-of-life measures, and increased time after final oncologic treatment

M Schultz, S Baziliansky, I Mitnik, N Ulitzur… - The …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Little is known about the impact of spiritual caregivers, psychologists, and social
workers on desired end-of-life (EoL) medical outcomes, such as reduced use of aggressive …