End-of-life communication strategies for healthcare professionals: a scoping review

W Chen, JOK Chung, KKW Lam… - Palliative …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Timely and effective communication about end-of-life issues, including
conversations about prognosis and goals of care, are extremely beneficial to terminally ill …

A qualitative study of bereaved relatives' end of life experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic

JR Hanna, E Rapa, LJ Dalton, R Hughes… - Palliative …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Care of the adult cancer patient at the end of life: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines

GB Crawford, T Dzierżanowski, K Hauser, P Larkin… - ESMO open, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Deception, honesty, and professionalism: a persistent challenge in modern medicine

JL Hart - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
Honesty and deception have unique antecedents and consequences within the context of
healthcare, relative to other social contexts. While modern professional standards …

Nursing education on palliative care across Europe: Results and recommendations from the EAPC Taskforce on preparation for practice in palliative care nursing …

S Martins Pereira, P Hernández-Marrero… - Palliative …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
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) …

Healthcare professionals' values about and experience with facilitating end-of-life care in the adult intensive care unit

M Riegel, S Randall, K Ranse, T Buckley - Intensive and Critical Care …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate values and experience with facilitating end-of-life care among
intensive care professionals (registered nurses, medical practitioners and social workers) to …

Managing uncertainty and references to time in prognostic conversations with family members at the end of life: a conversation analytic study

RJ Anderson, PC Stone, JTS Low… - Palliative …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Definition of a good death, attitudes toward death, and feelings of interconnectedness among people taking care of terminally ill patients with cancer: an exploratory …

A Bovero, F Gottardo, R Botto, C Tosi… - American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Placing the preferences of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities at the center of end-of-life decision making through storytelling

J Watson, H Voss, MJ Bloomer - Research and Practice for …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Preparedness for caregiving and preparedness for death: Associations and modifiable thereafter factors among family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer in …

L Häger Tibell, K Årestedt, M Holm, V Wallin… - Death studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
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 …