Relevant Publications
Compassion Fatigue
Communication
Alternative Medicine
Cultural Competency
Providers as Patients
Empathy/Compassion
Health Literacy
Health Policy
Hope
Narrative Medicine
End-of-Life Care
Patient Empowerment
Clinical Relationships
Quality of Care
Risk Management
Spirituality
Health Care Training
Treatment Refusal
Schwartz Rounds Cases

Relevant Publications

ONCOLOGY/PALLIATIVE CARE/END-OF-LIFE CARE

Ablett J, Jones R. Resilience and well-being in palliative care staff: a qualitative study of hospice nurses experience of work. Psychooncology. 2007;16(8):733-40.

Abrahm J. A physician's guide to pain and symptom management in cancer patients. 2nd ed. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press; 2005.

Abrahm J. Waiting for the platelet count to rise: negotiating care at the end of life. Cancer Invest. 2003;21(5):772-81. Review.

Al-Qurainy R, Collis E, Feuer D. Dying in an acute hospital setting: the challenges and solutions.

Alvarez G, Kirby A. The perspective of families of the critically ill patient: their needs. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2006 Dec;12(6):614-8. Review.

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Position statement on physician-assisted death. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2007;21(4):55-7.

Andershed B. Relatives in end-of-life care part 1: a systematic review of the literature the last five years, January 1999-February 2004. J Clin Nurs. 2006;15(9):1158-69. Review.

Apatira L, Boyd EA, Malvar G, et. al Hope, truth, and preparing for death: perspectives of surrogate decision makers. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Dec 16;149(12):861-8.

Back AL, Young JP, McCown E, et. al. Abandonment at the end of life from patient, caregiver

Baker J, Hinds P, Spunt S, et.al. Integration of palliative care practices into the ongoing care of children with cancer: individualized care planning and coordination. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2008 Feb;55(1):223-50, xii. Review.

Ben-Arye E, Schiff E, Golan O. Ethical issues in integrative oncology. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2008 Aug;22(4):737-53.

Bertero C, Vanhanen M, Appelin G. Receiving a diagnosis of inoperable lung cancer: patients perspectives of how it affects their life situation and quality of life. Acta Oncol. 2007 Sep 24:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17891669.

Birrell J, Thomas D, Jones C. Promoting privacy and dignity for older patients in hospital. Nurs Stand. 2006;20(18):41-6.

Block S. Perspectives on care at the close of life. Psychological considerations, growth, and transcendence at the end of life: the art of the possible. JAMA. 2001;285:2898-905.

Boston P, Towers A, Barnard D. Embracing vulnerability: risk and empathy in palliative care. J Palliat Care. 2001;17(4):248-53.

Breitbart W, Gibson C, Poppito S, Berg A. Psychotherapeutic interventions at the end of life: a focus on meaning and spirituality. Can J Psychiatry. 2004;49:366-72.

Browning D. To show our humanness relational and communicative competence in pediatric palliative care. Bioethics Forum. 2002;18(3-4):23-8.

Burt J, Shipman C, Addington-Hall J, White P. Nursing the dying within a generalist caseload: a focus group study of district nurses. Int J Nurs Stud. 2008 Feb 28; [Epub ahead of print]

Cartwright C, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, Williams G, et al. Physician discussions with terminally ill patients: a cross-national comparison. Palliat Med. 2007;21(4):295-303.

Casarett D, Pickard A, Bailey F, et. al. Do palliative consultations improve patient outcomes? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Apr;56(4):593-9.

Casarett D, Quill T. "I'm not ready for hospice": strategies for timely and effective hospice discussions. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Mar 20;146(6):443-9.

Cheng SY, Hu WY, Liu WJ, et. al. Good death study of elderly patients with terminal cancer in Taiwan. Palliat Med. 2008 Jul;22(5):626-32.

Chochinov H. Dignity and the essence of medicine: the A, B, C, and D of dignity preserving care. BMJ. 2007;335(7612):184-7.

Chochinov H. Dying, dignity, and new horizons in palliative end-of life care. CA Cancer J Clin. 2006;56(2):84-103. Review.

Chochinov HM, Hassard T, McClement S, et. al. The patient dignity inventory: a novel way of measuring dignity-related distress in palliative care. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2008 Dec;36(6):559-71.

Clayton J, Butow P, Tattersall M. The needs of terminally ill cancer patients versus those of caregivers for information regarding prognosis and end-of-life issues. Cancer. 2005;103(9):1957-64.

Collins-Tracey S, Clayton JM, Kirsten L, Butow PN, Tattersall MH, Chye R. Contacting bereaved relatives: the views and practices of palliative care and oncology health care professionals. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2008 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print]

Conner A, Allport S, Dixon J, Somerville AM. Patient perspective: what do palliative care patients think about their care? Int J Palliat Nurs. 2008 Nov;14(11):546-52.

Currow D, Ward A, Plummer J, et. al. Comfort in the last 2 weeks of life: relationship to accessing palliative care services. Support Care Cancer. 2008 Mar 12; [Epub ahead of print]

Curtis J. Caring for patients with critical illness and their families: the value of an integrated clinical team. Respir Care. 2008 Apr;53(4):480-7.

Dawson K. Palliative care for critically ill older adults: dimensions of nursing advocacy. Crit Care Nurs Q. 2008 Jan-Mar;31(1):19-23.

Dis Mon. 2002;48(4):207-16.

Dokken D. In their own voices: families discuss end-of-life decision making part 1. Interview by Elizabeth Ahmann. Pediatr Nurs 2006;32(2):173-5.

Dowling M. The meaning of nurse-patient intimacy in oncology care settings: From the nurse and patient perspective. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2008 Sep;12(4):319-28.

Duke G, Thompson S. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of nursing personnel regarding advance directives. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2007;13(3):109-15.

Dy S, Shugarman L, Lorenz K, et al. A systematic review of satisfaction with care at the end of life. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008;56(1):124-9. Review.

Ekedahl M, Wengstrom Y. Nurses in cancer care stress when encountering existential issues. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2007;11(3):228-37.

Eues S. End-of-life care: improving the quality of life at the end of life. Prof Case Manag. 2007 Nov-Dec;12(6):339-44. Review.

Ferrell B. Understanding the moral distress of nurses witnessing medically futile care. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2006;33(5):922-30. Review.

Fried TR, O'Leary JR. Using the experiences of bereaved caregivers to inform patient- and caregiver-centered advance care planning. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23(10):1602-7.

Gade G, Venohr I, Conner D, et. al. Impact of an inpatient palliative care team: a randomized controlled trial. J Palliat Med. 2008 Mar-Apr;11(2):180-90.

Gavrin J. Ethical considerations at the end of life in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med. 2007 Feb;35(2 Suppl):S85-94. Review.

Gillick MR. Decision making near life's end: a prescription for change. J Palliat Med. 2009 Feb;12(2):121-5.

Gilligan T, Raffin T. End of life discussions with patients: timing and truth-telling. Chest. 1996;109(1):258-64.

Gillis CM. "Seeing the difference": an interdisciplinary approach to death, dying, humanities, and medicine. J Med Humanit. 2006 Summer;27(2):105-15.

Hack T, Chochinov H, Hassard T, et al. Defining dignity in terminally ill cancer patients: a factor analytic approach. Psychooncology. 2004;13(10):700-8.

Happ MB, Capezuti E, Strumpf NE, et. al. Advance care planning and end-of-life care for hospitalized nursing home residents. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002 May;50(5):829-35.

Harper J, Hinds P, Baker J, et. al. Creating a palliative and end-of-life program in a cure-oriented pediatric setting: the zig-zag method. J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2007 Sep-Oct;24(5):246-54. Review.

Harrington SE, Smith TJ. The role of chemotherapy at the end of life: "When is enough, enough?" JAMA. 2008 Jun 11;299(22):2667-78.

Heaven C, Maguire P. Disclosure of concerns by hospice patients and their identification by nurses. Palliat Med. 1997;11:283-90.

Hebert R, Schulz R, Copeland V, Arnold R. Preparing family caregivers for death and bereavement. Insights from caregivers of terminally ill patients. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2008 Jun. [Epub ahead of print]

Heyland C, Dodek P, Rocker G, et al. What matters most in end-of-life care: perceptions of seriously ill patients and their family members. CMAJ. 2006;174(5):627-33.

Heyland C, Tranmer J, O Callaghan C, Gafni A. The seriously ill hospitalized patient: preferred role in end-of-life decision making? J Crit Care. 2003;18(1):3-10.

Hirai K, Morita T, Kashiwagi T. Professionally perceived effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for existential suffering of terminally ill cancer patients. Palliat Med. 2003;17(8):688-94.

Houston R. The angry dying patient. Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry. 1999;1(1):5-8.

Hov R, Hedelin B, Athlin E. Good nursing care to ICU patients on the edge of life. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2007 Dec;23(6):331-41.

Hudson P, Quinn K, O'Hanlon B, Aranda S. Family meetings in palliative care: Multidisciplinary clinical practice guidelines. BMC Palliat Care. 2008 Aug 19;7:12.

Hughes T, Schumacher M, Jacobs-Lawson J, Arnold S. Confronting death: perceptions of a good death in adults with lung cancer. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2008 Feb-Mar;25(1):39-44.

Int J Clin Pract. 2009 Mar;63(3):508-15.

Int J Palliat Nurs. 2007 Dec;13(12):580-7. Erratum in: Int J Palliat Nurs. 2008
Jackson VA, Mack J, Matsuyama R, et. al. A qualitative study of oncologists' approaches to end-of-life care. J Palliat Med. 2008 Jul;11(6):893-906.
Jan;14(1):48.

Jenkins C, Lapelle N, Zapka J, et al. End-of-life care and African Americans: voices from the community. J Palliat Med. 2005;8(3):585-92.

Jo S, Brazil K, Lohfeld L, Willison K. Caregiving at the end of life: perspectives from spousal caregivers and care recipients. Palliat Support Care. 2007;5(1):11-7.

Johnson KS, Kuchibhatla M, Tulsky JA. What explains racial differences in the use of advance directives and attitudes toward hospice care? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Sep 2; [Epub ahead of print]

Kelly B, Varghese FT, Burnett P, et. al. General practitioners' experiences of the psychological aspects in the care of a dying patient. Palliat Support Care. 2008 Jun;6(2):125-31.

Klager J, Duckett A, Sandler S, Moskowitz C. Huntington's disease: a caring approach to the end of life. Care Manag J. 2008;9(2):75-81.

Klick J, Ballantine A. Providing care in chronic disease: the ever-changing balance of integrating palliative and restorative medicine. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2007;54(5):799-812. Review.

Kolarik R, Arnold R, Fischer G, Hanusa B. Advance care planning. J Gen Intern Med. 2002;17(8):618-24.

Krakauer E, Penson R, Truog R, King L, Chabner B, Lynch T. Sedation for intractable distress of a dying patient: acute palliative care and the principle of double effect. Oncologist. 2000;5(1):53-62.

Lamont E, Christakis N. Complexities in prognostication in advanced cancer: to help them live their lives the way they want to . JAMA. 2003;290(1):98-104.

Lamont E. A demographic and prognostic approach to defining the end of life. J Palliat Med. 2005;8 Suppl 1:S12-21. Review.

Lintz K, Penson R, Cassem N, Harmon D, Chabner B, Lynch T. A staff dialogue on aggressive palliative treatment demanded by a terminally ill patient: psychosocial issues faced by patients, their families, and caregivers. Oncologist. 1999;4(1),70-76.

Loscalzo MJ. Palliative care and psychosocial contributions in the ICU. Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2008;2008:481-90.

Maher D, Hemming L. Understanding patient and family: holistic assessment in palliative care. Br J Community Nurs. 2005;10(7):318-22.

Mahmood-Yousuf K, Munday D, King N, Dale J. Interprofessional relationships and communication in primary palliative care: impact of the Gold Standards Framework. Br J Gen Pract. 2008 Apr;58(549):256-63.

Malespina J. Improving the care of the dying: what do the experts say? JAAPA. 2007 Nov;20(11):38,41-3. Review.

Mangan P, Taylor K, Yabroff K, et al. Caregiving near the end of life: unmet needs and potential solutions. Palliat Support Care. 2003;1(3):247-59.

March, Artemis. Dying into Grace, 2007. Quantum Lens Press: Cambridge, MA.

Matsuyama R. Genuine encounters: responses to death. J Clin Onc. 2005;237:1583-4.

McKechnie R, MacLeod R, Keeling S. Facing uncertainty: the lived experience of palliative care. Palliat Support Care. 2007;5(4):367-76.

McKinlay E. Within the Circle of Care: patient experiences of receiving palliative care. J Palliat Care. 2001;17(1):22-9.

McMillen RE. End of life decisions: nurses perceptions, feelings and experiences. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2008 Aug;24(4):251-9.

Meeker M. Family surrogate decision making at the end of life: seeing them through with care and respect. Qual Health Res. 2004;14(2):204-25.

Meyer E, Ritholz M, Burns J, Truong R. Improving the quality of end-of-life care in the pediatric intensive care unit: parents priorities and recommendations. Pediatrics. 2006;117(3):649-57.

Mok E, Chiu P. Nurse-patient relationships in palliative care. J Adv Nurs. 2004;48(5):475-83.

Monterosso L, Kristjanson L. Supportive and palliative care needs of families of children who die from cancer: an Australian study. Palliat Med. 2008 Jan;22(1):59-69.

Morita T, Sakaguchi Y, Hirai K, et al. Desire for death and requests to hasten death of Japanese terminally ill cancer patients receiving specialized inpatient palliative care. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2004;27(1):44-52.

Morita T. Palliative sedation to relieve psycho-existential suffering of terminally ill cancer patients. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2004;28(5):445-50.

Muir J, Arnold R. Palliative care and the hospitalist: an opportunity for cross-fertilization.

Muir J, Arnold R. Palliative care and the hospitalist: an opportunity for cross-fertilization. Am J Med. 2001;111(9B):10S-14S. Review.

Mystakidou K, Parpa E, Tsilika E, et al. Depression, hopelessness, and sleep in cancer patients desire for death. Int J Psychiatry Med. 2007;37(2):210-11.

National Institute of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Program. NIH State-of-the-Science Conference Statement on improving end-of-life care. NIH Consensus State Sci Statements. 2004;21(3):1-26. Review. Available from: http://consensus.nih.gov/2004/2004EndOfLifeCareSOS024html.htm

Network. Toward optimal end-of-life care for patients with advanced chronic obstructive

Nordgren L, Olsson H. Palliative care in a coronary care unit: a qualitative study of physician s and nurses perceptions. J Clin Nurs. 2004;13(2):185-93.

Norris WM, Wenrich MD, Nielsen EL, et. al. Communication about end-of-life care between language-discordant patients and clinicians: insights from medical interpreters. J Palliat Med. 2005 Oct;8(5):1016-24.

Norton S, Talerico K. Facilitating end-of-life decision-making: strategies for communicating and assessing. J Gerontol Nurs. 2000;26(9):6-13.

nurse, and physician perspectives: loss of continuity and lack of closure. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Mar 9;169(5):474-9.

Okon T. Nobody understands : on a cardinal phenomenon of palliative care. J Med Philos. 2006;31(1):13-46.

Olthuis G, Dekkers W, Leget C, Vogelaar P. The caring relationship in hospice care: an analysis based on the ethics of the caring conversation. Nurs Ethics. 2006;13(1):29-40.

Olthuis G, Leget C, Dekkers W. Why hospice nurses need high self-esteem. Nurs Ethics. 2007 Jan;14(1):62-71,viii-ix. Review.

Oncol Nurs Forum. 2008 May;35(3):365-71.

O'Shea E, Lintz K, Penson R, Seiden M, Chabner B, Lynch T. A staff dialogue on caring for a cancer patient who commits suicide: psychosocial issues faced by patients, their families, and caregivers. Oncologist. 1999;4(2):122-127.

O'Shea E, Penson R, Stern T, Younger J, Chabner B, Lynch T. A staff dialogue on do not resuscitate orders: psychosocial issues faced by patients, their families, and caregivers. Oncologist. 1999;4(3):256-262.

Pantilat S, Isaac M. End-of-life care for the hospitalized patient. Med Clin North Am. 2008 Mar;92(2):349-70. Review.

Parker M, Cartwright C, Williams G. Impact of specialty on attitudes of Australian medical practitioners to end-of-life decisions. Med J Aust. 2008 Apr;188(8):450-6.

Parker Oliver D, Porock D, Demiris G, Courtney K. Patient and family involvement in hospice interdisciplinary teams. J Palliat Care. 2005;21(4):270-6.

Pavlish C, Ceronsky L. Oncology nurses perceptions about palliative care. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2007;34(4):793-800.

Penson R, Green K, Chabner B, Lynch T. When does the responsibility of our care end: bereavement? Oncologist. 2002;7(3):251-8.

Penson R, Partidge R, Shah M, et al. Fear of death. Oncologist. 2005;10(2):160-9.

Penson R, Schapira L, Daniels K, et al. Cancer as metaphor. Oncologist. 2004;9(6):708-16.

Penson R, Talsania S, Chabner B, Lynch T. Help me help you: Support groups in cancer therapy. Oncologist. 2004;9(2):217-25.

Philip J, Gold M, Schwartz M, Komesaroff P. Anger in palliative care: a clinical approach. Intern Med J. 2007;37(1):49-55. Review.

Philip J, Komesaroff P. Ideals and compromises in palliative care. J Palliat Med. 2006;9(6):1339-47.

Prigerson H, Jacobs S. Perspectives on care at the close of life. Caring for bereaved patients: all the doctors just suddenly go. JAMA. 2001;286(11):1369-76.

Prince-Paul M. Understanding the meaning of social well-being at the end of life.
pulmonary disease: insights from a multicentre study. Can Respir J. 2008 Jul-Aug;15(5):249-54.

Quill T, Arnold R, Platt F. I wish things were different": expressing wishes in response to loss, futility, and unrealistic hopes. Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(7):551-5.

Quill T, Battin M, editors. Physician-assisted dying: the case for palliative care and patient choice. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press; 2004.

Quill T. Caring for patients at the end of life: Facing an uncertain future together. New York: Oxford University Press; 2001.

Quill T. Legal regulation of physician-assisted death the latest report cards. NEJM. 2007;356(19):1911-3.

Rabow M, Hauser J, Adams J. Supporting family caregivers at the end of life: they don t know what they don t know . JAMA. 2004;291(4):483-91.

Reinke L, Engelberg R, Shannon S, et. al. Transitions regarding palliative and end-of-life care in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or advanced cancer: themes identified by patients, families, and clinicians. J Palliat Med. 2008;11(4):601-9.

Richardson A. Dying art. Nurs Stand. 2007;22(10):20-1.

Robichaux C, Clark A. Practice of expert critical care nurses in situations of prognostic conflict at the end of life. Am J Cri Care. 2006;15(5):480-9.

Rocker GM, Dodek PM, Heyland DK; Canadian Researchers at the End of Life

Rothman M, Van Ness P, O Leary J, Fried T. Refusal of medical and surgical interventions by older persons with advanced chronic disease. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;2(7):982-7.

Ruder S. The challenges of family member caregiving: how the home health and hospice clinician can help at the end of life. Home Healthc Nurse. 2008 Feb;26(2):131-6.

Ruopp P, Good M, Lakoma M, et al. Questioning care at the end of life. J Palliat Med. 2005;8(3):510-20.

Rushton C. A framework for integrate pediatric palliative care: being with dying. J Pediatr Nurs. 2005;20(5):311-25. Review.

Russell P, Sander R. Palliative care: promoting the concept of a healthy death. Br J Nurs. 1998;7(5):256-61. Review.

Ryan D, Penson R, Ahmed S, Chabner B, Lynch T. Reality testing in cancer treatment: The phase I trial of endostatin. Oncologist. 1999;4(6):501-8.

Sahm S, Will R, Hommel. What are cancer patients preferences about treatment at the end of life, and who should start talking about it? A comparison with healthy people and medical staff. Support Care Cancer. 2005;13:206-14.

Schapira L. Shared uncertainty. J Supp Onc. 2004;2(1):14-15.

Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2008 Oct;13(5):335-40.

Seymour J, Janssens R, Broeckaert B. Relieving suffering at the end of life: practitioners' perspectives on palliative sedation from three European countries. Soc Sci Med. 2007 Apr;64(8):1679-91.

Shah M, Quill T, Norton S, et. al. "What bothers you the most?" Initial responses from patients receiving palliative care consultation. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2008 Apr-May;25(2):88-92.

Shahawani H, Wenrich M, Tonelli M, Curtis J. Meeting physicians responsibilities in providing end-of-life care. Chest. 2008 Mar;133(3):775-86. Review.

Sibbald R, Downar J, Hawryluck L. Perceptions of futile care among caregivers in intensive care units. CMAJ. 2007 Nov;177(10):1201-8.

Smith AK, Fisher J, Schonberg MA, et. al. Am I doing the right thing? Provider perspectives on improving palliative care in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Oct 17. [Epub ahead of print]

Sollner W, DeVries A, Steixner E, et al. How successful are oncologists in identifying patient distress, perceived social support, and need for psychosocial counseling? Br J Cancer. 2001;84:179-85.

Somerville J. The paradox of palliative care nursing across cultural boundaries.
Stewart M. Reflecting on the psychosocial care of patients with a terminal illness. Prof Nurs. 2003;18(7):402-5.

Stoltz P, Lindholm M, Uden G, Willman A. The meaning of being supportive for family caregivers as narrated by registered nurses working in palliative homecare. Nurs Sci Q. 2006;19(2):163-73.

Strutton D. Essay: A cancer patient s perspective on how and why care providers should pursue healing partnerships. Health Mark Q. 2002;1993):71-91.

Sulmasy D, A biopsychosocial-spiritual model for the care of patients at the end of life. Gerontologist. 2002;42:24-33.

Teno J, Clarridge B, Casey V, et al. Family perspectives on end-of-life care at the last place of care. JAMA. 2007;291(1):88-93.

Thompson GN, Menec VH, Chochinov HM, McClement SE. Family satisfaction with care of a dying loved one in nursing homes: what makes the difference? J Gerontol Nurs. 2008 Dec;34(12):37-44.

Thorne S, Kuo M, Armstrong E, et al. Being known: patients perspectives of the dynamics of human connection in cancer care. Psycho-Oncology. 2005;14: 887-898.

Truog R, Campbell M, Curtis J, et. al., American Academy of Critical Care Medicine. Recommendations for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a consensus statement by the American Academy of Critical Care Medicine. Crit Care Med. 2008 Mar;36(3):953-63.

Volker D, Limerick M. What constitutes a dignified death? The voice of oncology advanced practice nurses. Clin Nurs Spec. 2007;21(5):241-7.

von Gruenigen V, Daly B. Futility: clinical decisions at the end-of-life in women with ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2005;97(2):638-44. Review.

Wasserman LS. Respectful death: a model for end-of-life care. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2008 Aug;12(4):621-6.

Weckmann M. The role of the family physician in the referral and management of hospice patients. Ann Fam Physician. 2008 Mar;77(6):807-12. Review.

Weidner N. Pediatric palliative care. Curr Oncol Rep. 2007 Nov;9(6):437-9. Review.

Weinrich M, Curtis J, Shannon S, et al. Communicating with dying patients within the spectrum of medical care from terminal diagnosis to death. Arch Intern Med. 2001;161:868-74.

Weissman D. Decision making at a time of crisis near the end of life. JAMA. 2004;292(14):1738-43.

White K, Wilkes L, Cooper K, Barbato M. The impact of unrelieved patient suffering on palliative care nurses. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2004;10(9):438-44.

Williams C, Munson D, Zupancic J, Kirpalani H. Supporting bereaved parents: practical steps in providing compassionate perinatal and neonatal end-of-life care. A North American perspective.

Wittenberg-Lyles E, Sanchez-Reilly S. Palliative care for elderly patients with advanced cancer: a long-term intervention for end-of-life care. Patient Educ Couns. 2008 Mar; [Epub ahead of print]

Wolpin B, Chabner B, Lynch T, Penson R. Learning to cope: how far is too close? Oncologist. 2005;10(6):449-56.

Wright A, Zhang B, Ray A, et. al. JAMA. Association between end-of-life discussions, patient mental health, medical care near death, and caregiver bereavement adjustment. 2008;300(14):1665-1673.

Zalenski RJ, Raspa R. Maslow's hierarchy of needs: a framework for achieving human potential in hospice. J Palliat Med. 2006 Oct;9(5):1120-7.

Zamperetti N, Bellomo R, Ronco C. Bioethical aspects of end-of-life care. Eur J Anaesthesiol Suppl. 2008;42:51-7.

Zapka J, Carter R, Carter C, et al. Care at the end of life: focus on communication and race. J Aging Health. 2006;18(6):791-813.

Zhang B, Wright AA, Huskamp HA, et. al. Health care costs in the last week of life: associations with end-of-life conversations. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Mar 9;169(5):480-8.

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