This review proposes that the end of life is a uniquely contemporary life course stage.
Epidemiologic, technological, and cultural shifts over the past two centuries have created a …

Advance care planning (ACP) is widely considered an essential step toward achieving end-
of-life care that is consistent with the preferences of dying patients and their families. ACP …

Thanks to advances in technology, medicine, Social Security, and Medicare, old age for
many Americans is characterized by comfortable retirement, good health, and fulfilling …

Abstract Purpose of Review The family plays a significant role in end-of-life care and
decision-making with advanced cancer patients. This non-systematic review aims to …

Background Caregivers may play a fundamental role in the clinical pathway of cancer
patients. They provide emotional, informational, and functional support as well as practical …

End-of-life caregiving is a highly stressful experience often fraught with conflict and tension.
However, little is known about the ways family conflict manifests for informal caregivers of …

Context Despite the palliative care mandate to view family as the unit of care, and the high
prevalence and detrimental consequences of conflict at the end of life, little research has …

Objectives Family conflict has several adverse impacts on caregivers. Thus, there is
significant value in determining the prevalence and predictors of family conflict, which can …

Background Lower socioeconomic populations live and die in contexts that render them
vulnerable to poorer health and wellbeing. Contexts of care at the end of life are …

CONTEXT: Although family conflict is a common occurrence for families involved in
caregiving for a dying family member, it has not been examined in the hospice context …