Background Decision-making in palliative care usually involves both patients and family
caregivers. However, how concordance and discordance in decision-making manifest and …

We conducted a mixed-methods knowledge synthesis to assess the effectiveness of
interventions to improve caregivers' involvement in decision making with seniors, and to …

Cancer impacts spouse caregivers, especially when couples engage in dyadic coping
around the cancer. Communication is a key factor in this process. Our goals were to …

Background The decision partner concept emerged to describe someone who contributes to
healthcare decision-making with a patient. There is a need for greater precision and …

Objective Malignant glioma (MG) is a devastating neuro‐oncologic disease with almost
invariably poor prognosis, yet many families facing malignant glioma have poor prognostic …

Objectives This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of patients with
cancer of palliative care and their preferences regarding end-of-life care in mainland China …

Context Terminally ill cancer patients do not engage in end-of-life (EOL) care discussions or
do so only when death is imminent, despite guidelines for EOL care discussions early in …

Objectives Family caregivers of cancer patients have a vital role in facilitating and sharing
information about cancer, revealing a need to develop caregiver health literacy skills to …

Objectives To synthesise empirical findings on the role of family in end-of-life (EOL)
communication and to identify the communicative practices that are essential for EOL …

Background: Quality end-of-life care for cancer patients is a global health priority, and
nurses are instrumental in providing this care. However, little is known about nurses' …