Abstract
Prognosis communication appears to be one key mechanism to achieve the benefits of palliative care (Norton et al., 2013; Thomas et al., 2018). As prognosis communication entails confronting mortality, which can provoke existential concerns (Solomon, Greenberg, & Pyszczynski, 2015), the purpose of this project was to examine the existential dimensions of palliative care conversations involving prognosis communication. This purpose was accomplished through the following aims: (1) Describe how patients, families, and clinicians communicate about existential experience in palliative care conversations; and (2) Explore the intersection between prognosis communication and existential dimensions of conversation.
Sigma Membership
Xi
Lead Author Affiliation
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Type
Report
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Descriptive/Correlational
Research Approach
Mixed/Multi Method Research
Keywords:
Palliative Care, End of Life Conversations, Existential Experience, Prognosis Communication, Adult Patients, Advanced Cancer, Communication, Adult Patients with Advanced Cancer
Recommended Citation
Tarbi, Elise C., "Beyond prognosis communication: Exploring the existential dimensions of palliative care conversations with adults with advanced cancer" (2021). Sigma Foundation for Nursing Research Grant Reports. 62.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/grant_reports/62
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Review Type
None: Sigma Grant Recipient Report
Acquisition
Self-submission
Date of Issue
2021-01-19
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
Dr. Tarbi was the recipient of the 2018-2019 Sigma/Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation End of Life Nursing Care Research (HPNA) Grant.
Dr. Tarbi wrote a dissertation on the same topic. It can be found here: https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1825/
The author has also published an article on this same topic: Tarbi, E.C., & Meghani, S.H. (2019). A concept analysis of the existential experience of adults with advanced cancer. Nursing Outlook, 67(5), 540-557.