Abstract Purpose/Objectives: To synthesize the literature, develop generalizations, and
identify issues that should be evaluated in the future in regard to hope and patients with …

Aim To review the literature and investigate the meaning of hope to patients receiving
palliative care and to examine the themes that foster hope in those patients. Background …

Hope, hopelessness and fatigue are important experiences for patients and family members
in palliative care. The aim of the study was to describe the level of and relation between …

To investigate the meaning of hope, identify strategies that terminally ill patients use in
maintaining and fostering hope during the final stage of life, explore changes in hope during …

CONTEXT: Clinicians often feel challenged by the need to deliver difficult prognostic
information to patients with a life-limiting illness while, at the same time, support their hopes …

lo s.‐f., hayter m., hu w.‐y., tai c.‐y., hsu m.‐y. & li y.‐f.(2012) Symptom burden and quality of
life in patients with malignant fungating wounds. Journal of Advanced Nursing68 (6), 1312 …

Background: The concept of hope is an important theme in chronic illness and palliative care
and has been associated with increased psycho-spiritual well-being and quality of life …

Purpose The aim of this study, in a sample of family caregivers (FCs) of patients with
advanced cancer, was to describe the level of FC burden using the Caregiver Reaction …

Background Hope has been a topic of interest across many centuries and among diverse
cultures, gaining particular relevance in crisis and change-seeking times. Research has …

Chaplains in healthcare settings offer patients spiritual care that involves companionship,
counselling and maintaining hope. This is particularly important at the point where a patient …