ReviewCurrent oncology reports2021
Dealing with Family Conflicts in Decision-making in End-of-Life Care of Advanced Cancer Patients.
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- Ethical challenges in end-of-life cancer care: a qualitative study among health-care providers in Iran.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Discordance in decision-making between patients with advanced cancer and caregivers from the perspective of healthcare professionals in specialist palliative care: A focus group study.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
- Shared decision-making process and its influencing factors among patients undergoing kidney replacement therapy: a qualitative descriptive study.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2025Article
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- Defining Family-Centered Cancer Care: A Group Concept Mapping Study.Psycho-oncology · 2025Article
- Tough choices: the experience of family members of critically ill patients participating in ECMO treatment decision-making: a descriptive qualitative study.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2025Article
- Ethical Decision-Making Regarding Life Sustaining Treatment in End-Of-Life Care: A Scoping Review of the Similarities and Differences Between Two Viewpoints.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2025Article
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- Utilization of End-of-Life Care Rooms by Patients Who Died in a Single Hospice Unit at a National University Hospital in South Korea.Journal of hospice and palliative care · 2023Article
- Hospice preference of the family decision-makers for cancer patients in China: an exploratory study.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
- Ethics and palliative care: a case of patient's autonomy.Journal of medical ethics and history of medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe family plays a significant role in end-of-life care and decision-making with advanced cancer patients. This non-systematic review aims to summarize the family role and possible emerging conflicts and problems related to family involvement in decisions with advanced cancer patients. RECENT
findingsFour important domains were identified: (1) discordance between patients and caregivers' understanding of prognosis and goals of care; (2) internal family conflicts; (3) cultural differences regarding the role of the family in end-of life decision-making; (4) the burden on caregivers through caring for cancer patients. Based on the findings, we formulated some implications to consider for clinical practice. We suggest to involve the family in decision-making, to ascertain patients' wish for family involvement and if necessary, taking a mediator role between patients and their caregivers; to be aware of "invisible" family influence on patients' decisions; to assess systematically family burden and needs; to provide timely information, psychological support interventions and palliative care.
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