Background: The majority of expected deaths occur in hospitals where optimal end-of-life
care is not yet fully realised, as evidenced by recent reviews outlining experience of care …

Introduction Ensuring that patients receive care that is consistent with their goals and values
is a critical component of high-quality care. This article describes the protocol for a cluster …

Background: Even though registered nurses are uniquely positioned to have end-of-life
conversations with their patients, there is limited engagement in such discussions between …

Objectives: Although shared decision making requires clinicians to discuss the patient's
values and preferences, little is known about the extent to which this occurs with surrogates …

Objective. To describe aspects facilitating or interfering in the communication process
between nursing professionals and patients in critical state. Methodology. Descriptive study …

Objectives: To elucidate the prevalence of pain, moderate to severe pain, neuropathic pain,
chronic pain, and pain as the most distressing symptom in critically ill-cancer patients at the …

Background Despite the widespread popularity of social media, little is known about the
extent or context of pain-related posts by users of those media. Objective The aim was to …

This systematic review identifies possible decision aids that promote perioperative advance
care planning (ACP) and synthesizes the available evidence regarding their use. Using …

Research on symptom distress experienced by patients with end-stage liver disease at the
end of life is limited. The aims of the study were to describe presence, frequency, severity …

Objective: Clinical practice aims to respect patient autonomy by basing treatment decisions
for incapacitated patients on their own preferences. Yet many patients do not complete an …