People need clarity on exactly what palliative care will mean for them
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People need clarity on exactly what palliative care will mean for them

Jennifer Sprinks Editor, Cancer Nursing Practice

Communicating bad news to patients is never going to be easy, but having to explain that curative treatment is being brought to an end must feel daunting. Patients need help in coming to terms with, and navigating the shift away from, curative care.

Cancer Nursing Practice. 23, 2, 5-5. doi: 10.7748/cnp.23.2.5.s1

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