A major challenge in research into care at the end of life is the difficulty of obtaining the
views and experiences of representative samples of patients. Studies relying on patients' …

Families of patients receiving palliative care are profoundly affected by the challenges of the
illness. They observe care that the patient receives, provide care for the patient, and receive …

Most family caregiving research has relied on the perspective of the caregiver but has not
systematically examined the views and opinions of the elder who is receiving care. The …

Purpose: We examine 6-month effects of the Environmental Skill-Building Program on
caregiver well-being and care recipient functioning and whether effects vary by caregiver …

The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for the treatment of cancer pain
recommend nonopioid analgesics as first-line therapy, so-called “weak” analgesics …

Fatigue is reported by advanced cancer patients to be their most prevalent and distressing
symptom. Despite this, few interventions have been developed and tested to manage this …

One of the main goals of end-of-life care is to achieve the best quality of life (QOL) for
patients and their families. Quality of life, therefore, represents a significant outcome …

OBJECTIVES: Patient involvement in decision‐making has been advocated to improve the
quality of life at the end of life. Although the size of the oldest segment of the population is …

Palliative care does not end with the death of the patient, and many palliative care services
offer specific follow-up services for the bereaved. The aims of this study were to quantitate …

Goals of work Powerlessness and helplessness have been very little studied. The aims of
this study were (1) to describe what characterise such experiences and the meaning of them …