Background: Timely and effective communication about end-of-life issues, including
conversations about prognosis and goals of care, are extremely beneficial to terminally ill …

Background: Meeting the needs of relatives when a family member is dying can help
facilitate better psychological adjustment in their grief. However, end of life experiences for …

In palliative care (PC), the term 'end of life'(EoL) is commonly used but inconsistently
defined. 1 This European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Clinical Practice Guideline …

Honesty and deception have unique antecedents and consequences within the context of
healthcare, relative to other social contexts. While modern professional standards …

Background: Nurses are the largest regulated group of healthcare professionals involved in
palliative care. In 2004, a taskforce of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) …

Objectives To evaluate values and experience with facilitating end-of-life care among
intensive care professionals (registered nurses, medical practitioners and social workers) to …

Background: When patients are likely to die in the coming hours or days, families often want
prognostic information. Prognostic uncertainty and a lack of end-of-life communication …

The concept of a good death is crucial in palliative care, but its relationship with attitudes
toward death and feelings of interconnectedness needs to be further deepened. The first aim …

With a focus on the use of narrative approaches, this article is a commentary on decision-
making support for people with profound intellectual and multiple disability (PIMD) at the end …

The purpose of this study was to (1) explore associations between preparedness for
caregiving and preparedness for death among family caregivers of patients with advanced …