The Effects of Adding Reassurance Statements: Cancer Patients' Preferences for Phrases in End-of-Life Discussions

When discussing end-of-life issues with cancer patients, the addition of reassurance statements is considered helpful. However, patients' preferences for such statements have not been systematically demonstrated.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - February 24, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Masanori Mori, Maiko Fujimori, Hiroto Ishiki, Tomohiro Nishi, Jun Hamano, Hiroyuki Otani, Yu Uneno, Akira Oba, Tatsuya Morita, Yosuke Uchitomi Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research