Definition and recommendations for advance care planning: an international consensus supported by the European Association for Palliative Care

JAC Rietjens, RL Sudore, M Connolly… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Advance care planning (ACP) is increasingly implemented in oncology and beyond, but a
definition of ACP and recommendations concerning its use are lacking. We used a formal …

Integration of oncology and palliative care: a Lancet Oncology Commission

S Kaasa, JH Loge, M Aapro, T Albreht… - The lancet …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Full integration of oncology and palliative care relies on the specific knowledge and skills of
two modes of care: the tumour-directed approach, the main focus of which is on treating the …

Effect of a patient-centered communication intervention on oncologist-patient communication, quality of life, and health care utilization in advanced cancer: the VOICE …

RM Epstein, PR Duberstein, JJ Fenton… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Observational studies demonstrate links between patient-centered
communication, quality of life (QOL), and aggressive treatments in advanced cancer, yet few …

Communication between healthcare professionals and relatives of patients approaching the end-of-life: A systematic review of qualitative evidence

RJ Anderson, S Bloch, M Armstrong… - Palliative …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Effective communication between healthcare professionals and relatives of
patients approaching the end-of-life is vital to ensure patients have a 'good death'. To …

Communication in palliative care: talking about the end of life, before the end of life

LJ Brighton, K Bristowe - Postgraduate medical journal, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Increasing evidence demonstrates the benefits of early end-of-life care discussions with
patients with life-threatening illness and their families. However, these conversations often …

[HTML][HTML] Scoping review of patient-centered care approaches in healthcare

MK Constand, JC MacDermid, V Dal Bello-Haas… - BMC health services …, 2014 - Springer
Background The purpose of this scoping review was to describe how three tenants of patient-
centered care provision: communication, partnership, and health promotion are addressed …

[HTML][HTML] Culture and palliative care: preferences, communication, meaning, and mutual decision making

CL Cain, A Surbone, R Elk… - Journal of pain and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Palliative care is gaining acceptance across the world. However, even when palliative care
resources exist, both the delivery and distribution of services too often are neither equitably …

Doctor-patient communication: a review

JF Ha, N Longnecker - Ochsner journal, 2010 - ochsnerjournal.org
Effective doctor-patient communication is a central clinical function in building a therapeutic
doctor-patient relationship, which is the heart and art of medicine. This is important in the …

Outcomes of prognostic disclosure: associations with prognostic understanding, distress, and relationship with physician among patients with advanced cancer

AC Enzinger, B Zhang, D Schrag… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To determine how prognostic conversations influence perceptions of life
expectancy (LE), distress, and the patient-physician relationship among patients with …

A good death from the perspective of palliative cancer patients

L Kastbom, A Milberg, M Karlsson - Supportive care in cancer, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Although previous research has indicated some recurrent themes and similarities
between what patients from different cultures regard as a good death, the concept is …