Background: Little is known about how patients with incurable cancer and caregivers differ
in their prognostic awareness, and the relationship between caregiver prognostic …

Purpose A caregiver's prognostic awareness can affect clinical decisions for the patient. The
purpose of this study was to examine the impact of family caregivers' prognostic awareness …

Background Prognostic understanding in advanced cancer patients and their caregivers
may have an impact on the delivery of effective care. The aims of this study were to explore …

Context Discordance in prognostic understanding between caregivers of adults with
advanced cancer and the oncologist may shape caregivers' views of the oncologist and …

Objective The aims of this study were to investigate the association between patients'
awareness of their terminal illness and the levels of anxiety and depression, whether the …

Background Because increasing numbers of people now survive for months or years with
advanced cancer, communication between patients, service providers, and family caregivers …

Background Caregivers of adults with cancer often report a different understanding of the
patient's prognosis than the oncologist. We examine the associations of caregiver …

Objective The aim of this study was to analyse longitudinal development of prognostic
awareness in advanced cancer patients and their families. Methods This was a longitudinal …

Background Patients with advanced, incurable cancer who understand their illness is
incurable are more likely to prefer hospice care at the end of life compared with patients who …

Background: Cognitive prognostic awareness (PA) and emotional preparedness for a loved
one's death are distinct but related phenomena. However, the distinction between these two …