تشویق بحث های اولیه در مورد امید به زندگی و مراقبت از زندگی: یک کارآزمایی کنترل شده تصادفی از یک برنامه حمایت از ارتباطات مبتنی بر پرستار برای بیماران و مراقبین

Given the importance of clarifying prognostic expectations and end-of-life care wishes in the advanced cancer context, the communication support program appears to be an effective and well-received solution to encourage early information seeking related to these issues though, its long-term impact remains unclear. The manualised nature of the intervention, designed with existing clinical staff in mind, may make it suited for implementation in a clinical setting, though additional work is needed to identify why question asking was unaffected and establish its impact later in the illness trajectory.