F. T. Varghese

TL;DR: Psychological and social factors are related to a WTHD among terminally ill cancer patients and greater attention needs to be paid to the assessment of psychological and social issues in order to provide appropriate therapeutic interventions forterminally ill patients.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated factors associated with the wish to hasten death among a sample of terminally ill cancer patients and found that patients with a high wish to die had greater concerns with physical symptoms and psychological suffering, perceived themselves to be more of a burden to others, and experienced higher levels of demoralization.

TL;DR: Patients with schizophrenia who showed social skills deficits and poor community functioning were assigned randomly to either social skills training (SST) or a discussion group condition, and patients who completed either treatment showed improvements on quality of life and reduced psychopathology.

TL;DR: This article investigated the clinical factors associated with a wish to hasten death among patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative care, with a focus on the role of clinician-related factors.

TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative study investigated psychosocial issues faced by GPs in the management of patients receiving palliative care and investigated the themes relevant to the psycho-social care of dying patients, finding significant challenges facing clinicians in discussions with patients and families about death, to exploring the patient's emotional responses to terminal illness and spiritual concerns for the patient and family.