Background: In recognition of the ongoing discussion on euthanasia and physician-assisted
suicide, the Board of Directors of the European Association for Palliative Care …

Objectives Patients with advanced disease sometimes express a wish to hasten death
(WTHD). In 2012, we published a systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative …

Background One of the objectives of medicine is to relieve patients' suffering. As a
consequence, it is important to understand patients' perspectives of suffering and their ability …

Do Funerals Matter? is a creative interweaving of historical, sociocultural, and research-
based perspectives on death rituals, drawing from myriad sources to create a picture of what …

Parantumaton syöpäsairaus muuttaa potilaan ja perheen elämän peruuttamattomasti.
Kuoleman läheisyys tulee elämän väistämättömäksi todellisuudeksi muokaten samalla …

Purpose Patients with advanced cancer typically experience multiple concurrent symptoms,
which have a detrimental impact on patient outcomes. No studies to date have qualitatively …

Background: Some patients with advanced and progressive diseases express a desire to
hasten death. Aim: This study evaluated the motivations of patients expressing such a desire …

Objective The aims of the study were to examine a) patients' knowledge of palliative care, b)
patients' expectations and needs when being admitted to a palliative care unit, and c) …

Research in palliative care and hospice populations is important for improving quality of
care, quality of life, and provider understanding of individuals at the end of life. However, this …

It is not uncommon for patients with advanced disease to express a wish to hasten death
(WTHD). Qualitative studies of the WTHD have found that such a wish may have different …