Using the new board game SeCZ TaLK to stimulate the communication on sexual health for adolescents with chronic conditions.

Objective: This study evaluated the feasibility and appreciation of a new educational board game (SeCZ TaLK) that stimulates communication on sexuality and intimate relationships in youth with chronic conditions.

Methods: 85 adolescents with chronic conditions or disabilities piloted the board game in three rehabilitation centers/schools for the disabled, one outpatient clinic and a patient organization. They assessed their experiences through a brief questionnaire, as did 12 health care professionals and teachers who acted as facilitators.

Dying at home or in an institution: perspectives of Dutch physicians and bereaved relatives.

Introduction: Previous studies have shown that most people prefer to die at their own home. We investigated whether physicians or bereaved relatives in retrospect differently appreciate the dying of patients in an institution or at home.

Materials And Methods: Of 128 patients with incurable cancer who were followed in the last phase of their lives, 103 passed away during follow-up.

Has patients' involvement in the decision-making process changed over time?

Objective: To get insight into the changes over time of patients' involvement in the decision-making process, and into the factors contributing to patients' involvement and general practitioners' (GPs) communication related to the Medical Treatment Act (MTA) issues: information about treatment, other available treatments and side-effects; informed decision making; asking consent for treatment.

Background: Societal developments have changed the doctor-patient relationship recently. Informed decision making has become a central topic.