{"title":"From nurse to patient: A breast cancer journey of faith, fear, and endurance.","authors":"Beulah Joy Damasco","doi":"10.1017/S1478951526102570","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951526102570","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47898,"journal":{"name":"Palliative & Supportive Care","volume":"24 ","pages":"e127"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miguel Augusto-Rodrigues, João Carlos Geber-Júnior
{"title":"When the place of dying is lost: Reflections on care, uncertainty, and the limits of intervention.","authors":"Miguel Augusto-Rodrigues, João Carlos Geber-Júnior","doi":"10.1017/S1478951526102557","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951526102557","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47898,"journal":{"name":"Palliative & Supportive Care","volume":"24 ","pages":"e126"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Who is the person in person-centered care? Reflections from palliative care.","authors":"Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro Paiva, William Breitbart","doi":"10.1017/S1478951526102314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951526102314","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47898,"journal":{"name":"Palliative & Supportive Care","volume":"24 ","pages":"e129"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rita Mascio, Sandra Lynch, Jane Phillips, Megan Best
{"title":"Predictors of nurses' spiritual care competence: A replication study with Australian palliative care nurses.","authors":"Rita Mascio, Sandra Lynch, Jane Phillips, Megan Best","doi":"10.1017/S1478951526102119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951526102119","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>There is a growing need to enhance healthcare providers' spiritual care competence, including for people receiving palliative care. A preceding study of predictors of spiritual care competence in a general group of nurses found that more competent nurses rated significantly higher in spiritual training adequacy, frequency of spiritual care provision, and personal spirituality than other nurses; like the demographic variables of level of education, length of nursing experience, and sex, confidence and comfort in providing spiritual care were not related to spiritual care competence. The current study aimed to replicate these relationships in a sample of palliative care nurses. This sample also allowed the testing of a hypothesis that palliative care nurses will tend to subscribe to more competent understandings of spiritual care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data were collected from a convenience sample of Australian palliative care nurses who completed an anonymous, online survey. The survey provided qualitative data about what spiritual care means for them and quantitative data regarding nurse characteristics. The qualitative data were used to create sub-groups of nurses based on their understanding of spiritual care and the quantitative data were used to construct a profile of nurse characteristics for each sub-group. The replication analysis determined whether a statistical difference in nurse characteristics existed across sub-groups. The hypothesis testing compared levels of spiritual care understanding across the general and palliative care samples of nurses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>While the results of the palliative care sample are largely concordant with those obtained in the general sample, the current study amends \"training adequacy\" as a predictor of spiritual care competence to \"experience (whether on-the-job or training) in caring for the dying.\" The study hypothesis was supported.</p><p><strong>Significance of results: </strong>The results can be used to assess and develop competence in spiritual care for palliative care nurses.</p>","PeriodicalId":47898,"journal":{"name":"Palliative & Supportive Care","volume":"24 ","pages":"e121"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The emotional labor of end-of-life care work: Findings of a mixed methods study in Hong Kong.","authors":"Biyun Li, Margo Turnbull, Carol Yu, Xiaoyan Wu","doi":"10.1017/S1478951526102417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951526102417","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study explored how end-of-life (EOL) care practitioners in Hong Kong engaged in emotional labor while fulfilling their professional roles in a Chinese cultural context.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A sequential explanatory mixed-methods design was employed. A quantitative survey (<i>n</i> = 32) using validated scales that measured emotional job demands and emotional labor strategies was followed by in-depth interviews (<i>n</i> = 11) with EOL care practitioners from diverse disciplines. Survey data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, while interview transcripts underwent thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>EOL care practitioners reported high emotional job demands, with deep acting being their preferred emotional labor strategy over surface acting. Three key themes emerged related to: (1) balancing emotional involvement and professional boundaries; (2) employing strategic emotional engagement; and (3) navigating cultural beliefs and family dynamics. This multidisciplinary workforce developed sophisticated practices to manage their emotions authentically while establishing protective psychological boundaries. These practices integrated the provision of emotional support with the navigation of tensions between Chinese cultural values and professional responsibilities.</p><p><strong>Significance of results: </strong>This study used mixed-methods to explore how traditional values were integrated into the everyday care practices of EOL practitioners in Hong Kong. The findings contribute to an innovative and culturally sensitive framework for exploring emotional labor in EOL care contexts. This is useful in both Chinese and multicultural care contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":47898,"journal":{"name":"Palliative & Supportive Care","volume":"24 ","pages":"e123"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cezar Arruda de Oliveira-Filho, João Carlos Geber-Júnior, Thais Perissotto, Daniel Neves Forte
{"title":"At the threshold of care: Palliative ethics in severe mental illness.","authors":"Cezar Arruda de Oliveira-Filho, João Carlos Geber-Júnior, Thais Perissotto, Daniel Neves Forte","doi":"10.1017/S1478951526102326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951526102326","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47898,"journal":{"name":"Palliative & Supportive Care","volume":"24 ","pages":"e119"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}