Palliative medicine is a young specialty that is officially recognized in relatively few
countries. The W orld H ealth O rganization published an adapted definition in 2002 …

Considered the most comprehensive handbook in the field, this rich resource reviews the
biological, psychological, and social factors that affect health, health behavior, and illness …

Background: Health-care costs are growing, with little population-based data about people's
priorities for end-of-life care, to guide service development and aid discussions. Aim: We …

Introduction: The importance of effective communication skills to sustain the cancer patient
quality of life (QOL) and their satisfaction with healthcare professionals is well documented …

Background Shared decision-making at end of life (eol) requires discussions about goals of
care and prioritization of length of life compared with quality of life. The purpose of the …

Comorbid dementia complicates cancer therapy decision-making in older adults. We aimed
to synthesize the recent literature (< 5 years) on the challenges associated with cancer …

In real life, every individual learns how to move from childhood to adulthood, to be a parent
and to enter old age. The transition or shift is considered integral to our living. Similarly …

Background Advance care planning (ACP) is low among older adults with cancer. In a
secondary analysis of randomized trial data, the authors compared the efficacy of the …

Younger, healthier patients contemplating high-risk (but potentially curative) hematopoietic
cell transplants (HCT) may not consider advance care planning (ACP). We investigated the …

Background: Although advance care planning and the completion of advance directives
(ADs) are important tools to avoid unwanted aggressive care once patients have lost their …