Background Conversation and discourse analytic research has yielded important evidence
about skills needed for effective, sensitive communication with patients about illness …

Objective Disclosing the truth when breaking bad news continues to be difficult for health
professionals, yet it is essential for patients when making informed decisions about their …

Background: Disclosure of diagnostic and prognostic information has become the standard
in the United States and increasingly around the world. Disclosure is generally identified as …

Background Current guidelines recommend palliative care based on individual needs for
patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. However, patients with interstitial lung disease …

Introduction Due to philosophical tensions between end-of-life care and emergency care,
nurses in the emergency department face challenges in the provision of end-of-life care. The …

Background: Palliative care in intensive care units (ICUs) reduces costs and improves
outcomes yet is consistently underused; studies suggest that screening tools increase the …

Background The palliative prognostic score is the most widely validated prognostic tool for
cancer survival prediction, with modified versions available. A systematic evaluation of …

Introduction: The contact which occurs between a medical professional and a patient
involves the occurrence of phenomena concerning the control of emotions, called emotional …

Context Palliative care for the older person is often limited, resulting in poor quality of dying.
Pharmacological management can be one of the components to achieve better symptom …

Objective To summarise evidence on how multidisciplinary team (MDTs) make decisions
about identification of imminently dying patients. Design Sco** review. Setting Any clinical …