There comes a point when physicians have to recommend patients to seek Palliative Care
due to the deteriorating progression of their illness (es). Healthcare providers often wrongly …

In many ways, family members caring for the elderly with an advanced disease experience a
solitary journey. While some have been down this road before, many are not prepared for …

The elderly in palliative care are confronted with difficult decisions relating to treatments. The
philosophy of palliative care, namely, including the patient and his/her family right away …

As patients and families make the critical decision to end their life, the question becomes:
What are we as nurses doing to focus on the needs of the patient and family? There is a lack …

End‐of‐life decision making is a complex phenomenon and providers, patients, and families
often have different views about the appropriateness of treatment choices. The results …

Objective This paper aims to explore, from a caregiver's perspective, the needs of patients
who have nonmalignant, life-limiting illnesses and are approaching the end of life, and the …

If a patient is no longer able to speak for themselves, others must speak for them. Physicians
who care for the critically ill are all too familiar with having to make end-of-life decisions for …

End-of-life decisions are very difficult and provoke discomfort, anxiety, and fear among
people who face terminal illness. Clinicians and all who are in contact with these people …

Medical decision-making capacity (DMC), which is determined by clinicians, is the ability of
patients to understand information about options for their care, express a choice among …