Background: Cannabis, also known as marijuana, is legal either medicinally or recreationally in 29 states and the District of Columbia, with a majority of the U.S. adult population now living in states where cannabis is legal for medicinal use. As an advocate for patient autonomy and informed...

Ideal bad news delivery requires skilled communication and team support. The literature has primarily focused on patient preferences, impact on care decisions, healthcare roles, and communication styles, without addressing systematic implementation. This article describes how an interdisciplinary...

Purpose/Objectives: To describe the presence, frequency, severity, and distress of symptoms in outpatients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma toward the end of life, and the variability in psychological and physical symptom distress between and within patients over time. Design: A prospective,...

Purpose/Objectives: To test the efficacy of a novel intervention to facilitate advance care planning. Design: Exploratory, quasiexperimental pilot study with two independent groups. Setting: A large hospice located in the southwestern United States. Sample: A convenience sample of 50 participants...