Importance Advance care planning can improve patient-centered care and potentially
reduce intensification of care at the end of life. Objectives To inquire about patients' advance …

Context The goal of end-of-life (EOL) communication and decision making is to create a
shared understanding about a person's values and treatment preferences that will lead to a …

Background Much of what we understand about the design of healthcare systems to support
care of the dying comes from our experiences with providing palliative care for dying cancer …

Background Advance care planning (ACP) has the potential to increase patient-centred
care, reduce caregiver burden, and reduce healthcare costs at the end of life. Current levels …

A palliative approach involves adapting and integrating principles and values from palliative
care into the care of persons who have life-limiting conditions throughout their illness …

BACKGROUND: The lack of validated quality indicators is a major barrier to improving end-
of-life communication and decision-making. We sought to show the feasibility of and provide …

Person-centredness is a cornerstone to a palliative approach to care. However, there is a
risk that a person-centred perspective is lost in how a palliative approach is evaluated. We …

Background Quality of life (QOL) assessment instruments, including patient-reported
outcome measures (PROMs) and patient-reported experience measures (PREMs), are …

During the last months of life, many people with advanced illness will be living in their
homes. Coping with changing symptom & and ultimately preparing for death, becomes …

Advances in technology and drug therapy have resulted in cancer patients living longer with
malignant disease. However, most of these patients will face the end of life much sooner …