Go Wish card game-exploring end-of-life wishes of patients in oncology palliative care: a qualitative study.

Background: Among the methods that promote quality of life and care, discussing and remembering end-of-life (EOL) wishes for future care may contribute to decision-making about care and the promotion of a good death. Our aim was to investigate the most significant EOL desires among Brazilian cancer patients receiving palliative care (PC).

Methods: This was an exploratory, descriptive, and qualitative study conducted in a Palliative Care Oncology Unit.

Translation, Validity and Internal Consistency of the Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire for Brazilian families of patients that died from cancer: a cross-sectional and methodological study.

Background: The Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire (QoDD) may prove to be an important evaluation tool in the Brazilian context, and, therefore, can contribute to a more precise evaluation of the dying and death process, improving and guiding the end-of-life patient care.

Objective: To translate and cross-culturally adapt the QoDD into Brazilian Portuguese and measure its validity (convergent and known-groups) and internal consistency.

Design And Setting: A cross-sectional, methodological study was conducted at the Hospital de Câncer de Barretos, Brazil.

Comprehension and Decision-Making Capacity Questionnaire About Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning: A Delphi Study.

To develop a questionnaire that assesses the level of comprehension and decision-making capacity of patients with breast cancer about palliative care and advance care planning. Questionnaire items were based on the scientific literature. a three-round survey with experts (n  =  14), evaluated the relevance, clarity, and redundancies of the items.

Anticancer Treatment Goals and Prognostic Misperceptions among Advanced Cancer Outpatients.

(1) Background: In the context of cancer incurability, the communication processes involving clinicians and patients with cancer are frequently complex. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional study that investigated outpatients with advanced cancers and their oncologists. Both were interviewed immediately after a medical appointment in which there was disease progression and/or clinical deterioration, and were asked about the patient’s chance of curability and the goals of the prescribed cancer treatment.

Prevalence of burnout and predictive factors among oncology nursing professionals: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Burnout is a syndrome that mostly affects professionals working in contact with patients and their caregivers. In oncology care, nursing professionals are constantly required to provide emotional support for patients and their caregivers, throughout the process of becoming ill, suffering and dying.

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and factors associated with burnout in a sample of nursing professionals at a cancer hospital.