Should palliative care patients' hope be truthful, helpful or valuable? An interpretative synthesis of literature describing healthcare professionals' perspectives on hope of palliative care patients

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-70

  Olsman, Erik ^a   Leget, Carlo ^b   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje ^c   Willems, Dick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

behaviour and behaviour mechanisms; communication; nurse patient relations; Palliative care; physician patient relations; terminal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINAHL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOPE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDLINE; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCINFO; QUALITY CONTROL; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; HOPE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUST;

EID: 84890953143     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313482172     Document Type: Article

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