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...

Background: Oncology nurses affect patient care at every point along the cancer journey. This creates the perfect opportunity to educate patients and caregivers about palliative care early and often throughout treatment. However, healthcare providers frequently do not have the knowledge and...