Sustaining hope in patients is an important element of health care, allowing improvement in
patient welfare and quality of life. However in the palliative care context, with patients who …

One of the most entrenched commandments in medicine is:“Never take away a patient's
hope!” Often it is issued during the treatment of a terminally ill patient to spur and justify the …

How is that some patients are able to rise above the adversity of a progressive,
lifethreatening illness, while others spiral downwards to the depths of despair? Many people …

This paper engages the empirical literature on hope in a particular way. First, the focus on
hope research is narrowed to that research concerning palliative patients. This restriction …

In determining what is right and wrong in medical ethics we develop frameworks for
consistent decision-making based upon principles such as beneficence, justice, or respect …

Maintaining hope is considered important by both patients and physicians. Yet, the place of
hope in clinical medicine is a problem. Absence of hope or hopelessness is generally …

Background: Healthcare professionals' perspectives on palliative care patients' hope
influence communication. However, these perspectives have hardly been examined. Aim …

Objective To better understand the role of hope among terminally ill cancer patients. Design
Qualitative analysis. Setting A tertiary specialized cancer centre in Canada. Participants …

Hope is defined as a concept that suggests a greater emotional component than mere
expectation, and is seen as an active process of conscious and unconscious reasoning …

Objective The aim of this study was to systematically review and synthesize the literature on
patients' perceptions of hope in palliative care. Methods PubMed, Scopus, SocINDEX …