Background Person-centred palliative care poses high demands on professionals and
patients regarding appropriate and effective communication and informed decision-making …

Background Communication and shared decision-making (SDM) are essential to patient-
centered care. Hospital-based palliative care with patients with limited health literacy (LHL) …

Background Patients have a 'need to know'(instrumental need) and a 'need to feel
known'(affective need). During consultations with patients with limited health literacy (LHL) …

Limited health literacy is a recognized health problem often leading to poorer health
outcomes. Health care professionals, including nurses, are responsible for delivering health …

Palliative care—patient and family-centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating,
preventing, and treating suffering—needs to be integrated into the care of all serious …

Aim In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of health literacy of the patient caregiver
on the care results of palliative care patients. Methods Two hundred and forty‐two patients …

Objective Both patients in the palliative phase of their disease and patients with limited
health literacy (LHL) have an increased risk of being influenced by healthcare providers …

Background Effective use of a patient decision aid (PtDA) can be affected by the user's
health literacy and the PtDA's characteristics. Systematic reviews of the relevant literature …

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Background Patients diagnosed with cancer face many challenges and need a good
understanding of their diagnosis and proposed treatments to make informed decisions about …