ReviewCancer management and research2023
Prognostic Awareness in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients: A Narrative Literature Review of the Processes Involved.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prognostic understanding interventions in patients with advanced cancer: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Prognostic disclosure, end-of-life communication, and social support associated with distinct dyadic death-preparedness states among cancer dyads.The oncologist · 2026Article
- Association between disease awareness and prognosis in patients with glioblastoma: A retrospective cohort study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Learning through difficult disclosures of cancer progression: experiences of physicians and nurses in training.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Domains of prognostic awareness, quality of life, and psychological distress in patients with advanced cancer.The oncologist · 2025Article
- Legacy Building from the Perspective of Palliative Care Professionals in Portugal: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- Cancer Prognostic Awareness: Relations to Patient and Caregiver Quality of Life and Care Preferences.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2025Article
- Prognostic awareness in family caregivers of patients with terminal illness: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Patient-caregiver concordance on death preparedness over Taiwanese cancer patients' last 6 months.The oncologist · 2025Article
- Prognostic Disclosure in Metastatic Breast Cancer: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Prognostic beliefs in patients with cancer receiving outpatient palliative care.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Correlates of Perceived Illness Severity and Terminality in Advanced Lung and Prostate Cancer.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2025Article
- Losses Related to Breast Cancer Diagnosis: The Impact on Grief and Depression Symptomatology Within the Context of Hispanic/Latina Patients with Breast Cancer.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
High prognostic awareness (PA) is seen by many as a threat to terminal patients' psychological well-being. Whether this concern is supported by evidence or not is still a matter of discussion, given the heterogeneity of existing findings. This ambiguity points to the importance of considering contextual processes involved in the relationship between high PA and psychological outcomes, as a possible mediator and moderator mechanism. Aiming to capture a holistic image of the relationship between PA and the psychological experiences of patients, we adapted a narrative method to synthesize and discusses patient-related (physical symptoms, coping strategy, spirituality) and external (family support, received medical care) processes as potential explaining mechanisms.
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