Background: Effective communication between healthcare professionals and relatives of
patients approaching the end-of-life is vital to ensure patients have a 'good death'. To …

Background Serious illness is often characterised by physical/psychological problems,
family support needs, and high healthcare resource use. Hospital‐based specialist palliative …

In palliative care (PC), the term 'end of life'(EoL) is commonly used but inconsistently
defined. 1 This European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Clinical Practice Guideline …

Background: Meeting the needs of relatives when a family member is dying can help
facilitate better psychological adjustment in their grief. However, end of life experiences for …

Background Respect for autonomy is a paramount principle in end-of-life ethics.
Nevertheless, empirical studies show that decision-making, exclusively focused on the …

Context The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in visitation restrictions across most health care
settings, necessitating the use of remote communication to facilitate communication among …

Background Communication and shared decision-making (SDM) are essential to patient-
centered care. Hospital-based palliative care with patients with limited health literacy (LHL) …

Background: The majority of expected deaths in high income countries occur in hospital
where optimal palliative care cannot be assured. In addition, a large number of patients with …

Aims and objectives To assess nurses' perceptions of what constitutes optimal end‐of‐life
(EOL) care in hospital and evaluate nurses' perceived barriers to EOL care delivery …

Context The predominating definition of autonomy as a capacity to make an independent
rational choice may not be suitable for patients in palliative care. Therefrom arises the actual …