Introduction Cancer affects not only the patient, but also the whole family, especially when a
member of the family assumes the role of the family caregiver. This puts an additional …

Aims and objectives To map the existing literature on support models provided to family
members during the cancer trajectory. Background Cancer diagnosis, treatment and …

Living and dying with dignity are fundamental values in palliative care, not only for the
patient but also for family members. Although dignity has been studied from the different …

Background: There is evidence indicating that family sense of coherence predicts quality of
family life and promotes family well-being. In families living with the palliative phase of …

Spousal cancer caregivers' emotional and relational health can become compromised over
time due to ongoing challenges related to the cancer experience. This warrants a call for the …

Purpose Pancreatic cancer (PC) has high morbidity and mortality and is stressful for patients
and their partners. We investigated the psychological symptom burden in partners of PC …

Background Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death globally. Both lung cancer
patients and family caregivers (FCGs) have unmet quality of life (QOL) needs. An …

Purpose A “cancer care review”(CCR) is a conversation between a patient recently
diagnosed with cancer and primary care practitioner soon after a diagnosis of cancer in the …

This study aimed to illuminate aspects of familial interactions when 1 member is in the
palliative phase of his/her cancer course. An individual cancer diagnosis influences the …

ObjectivesFor patients' entire families, it can be challenging to live with cancer during the
palliative stage. However, a sense of coherence buffers stress and could help health …