Objective In spite of supportive care for people affected by cancer being well recognized as
a priority for research, there is little solid evidence of the effectiveness of psychological …

This essay provides a discussion of the current state of, and future possibilities for, empirical
research on the topic of suffering. Discussion is given to the concept of suffering itself; …

Research on long COVID is still in its infancy with the primary focus being on symptoms,
treatment, and prevalence. Due to the severity and longevity of long COVID that has also …

Background Intolerable suffering is a common eligibility requirement for persons requesting
assisted death, and although suffering has received philosophic attention for millennia, only …

Suffering has been a topic of considerable discussion in the fields of medicine and palliative
care, yet few studies have reported causal evidence linking the experience of suffering to …

This work involves the content validation of a semi-structured interview, whose objective is to
learn about the management of suffering in people. The interview items have been classified …

In recent years a large empirical literature has appeared on suffering at the end of life. In this
literature it is recognized that suffering has existential and social dimensions in addition to …

Introduction: Dignity Therapy (DT) is a brief, individualized, narrative psychotherapy
developed to reduce psychosocial and existential distress, and promote dignity, meaning …

Research on the subjective experience of suffering has typically focussed on older clinical
samples living in Western, educated, industrialised, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) countries …

Objectives To explore the impact of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
intervention for people with metastatic cancer integrated in Early Palliative Care (EPC) …