The suffering of patients with incurable cancer is determined to a large degree by the
presence and intensity of the symptoms of their disease. Knowledge of symptom prevalence is …

Background Glioma patients suffer from a wide range of symptoms which influence quality of
life negatively. The aim of this review is to give an overview of symptoms most prevalent in …

PURPOSE: To determine the prognostic meaning of symptoms in patients with advanced
cancer. DESIGN: Medline, Embase, Cochrane and Cinahl databases were systematically …

Background : Anxiety and depressed mood are common symptoms in hospitalized advanced
cancer patients. It is often presumed that anxiety and depression affect the occurrence and …

Background The availability of interventions for bereaved parents have increased. However,
most are practice based. To enhance the implementation of bereavement care for parents, …

Learning Objectives After completing this course, the reader will be able to: Enumerate reasons
for a patient-centered model of care and plan changes in your practice/facility consistent …

Background There is lack of research on symptoms in patients with head and neck cancer
in the palliative phase. The aim of this study was to explore symptom prevalence and the …

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted grief experiences of bereaved relatives and altered
accustomed ways of coping with loss. To understand how bereaved relatives experienced …

Background: A majority of patients prefer to die at home. Specialist palliative care aims to
improve quality of life. Hospice assist at home is a Dutch model of general/specialised …

Introduction: Anxiety is a common symptom in the palliative phase, and symptom management
depends on the competencies of individual professionals. This study aims to get insight …