A basic motivation for social and cultural life is the problem of death. By analysing the
experiences of dying and bereaved people, as well as institutional responses to death, Clive …

Purpose: The volume of research on end-of-life care, death, and dying has exploded during
the past decade. This article reviews the conceptual and methodological adequacy of end-of …

Taking as its focus a highly emotive area of study, The Dying Process draws on the
experiences of daycare and hospice patients to provide a forceful new analysis of the period …

Recently, attention has been focused on the care of dying individuals and their families.
Although this area of care remains topical for health care professionals, there have been few …

Since the 1960s communication and awareness about dying in modern western societies
have been topics for debate, with a considerable amount of literature on the need for open …

The meaning of dignity is commonly assumed but rarely examined in palliative care. Dying
with dignity often forms the basis of clinical decision making at the end of life, but is …

Aims. To identify and describe palliative patients' perception of factors within the interaction
with the community palliative care nurse that enhance feelings of health and well‐being, and …

This chapter provides an introduction to qualitative methods of data collection and analysis.
These are among the most useful and frequently used methods in palliative care research …

Patients diagnosed with stage-IV lung cancer are forced to quickly transition from a cancer-
free and perhaps healthy life to one of serious illness, uncertainty, and anticipation of a …

This paper discusses the state of the science in prospective measurement in end-of-life
research and identifies particular areas for focused attention. Topics include defining the …