Identifying the unmet physical and psychological intimacy and sexual needs of partners of patients with terminal cancer.

Background: Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of patients who are terminally ill, but support for the sexuality of these patients is often inadequate.

Aim: To identify factors related to the unmet needs of bereaved partners whose significant others died of cancer during hospitalization.

Methods: Bereaved individuals in Japan aged >50 years who had lost their partners to cancer in a hospital in the last 5 years answered a questionnaire on the support desired for "time to nurture love with your partner.

"Guidebook on Doctors' Behaviors for Death Diagnosis Created by Community Healthcare Providers" Changed Residents' Mind for Death Diagnosis.

Education regarding death diagnosis is not often included in the medical education. To investigate the change minds at the time of death diagnosis among residents after lectures based on our guidebook. Uncontrolled, open-label, multi-center trial.