Annals of Palliative Medicine
May 1, 2025
Jill Shainhouse, Pauline Sok Yin Hwang, Mark Fontes et al.
4 citations
Integrative medicine use is prevalent among breast cancer survivors to improve lifestyle and manage symptoms associated with cancer or its treatment. This review provides an overview of integrative therapies used for lifestyle improvement and symptom management in breast cancer patients, including diet and exercise recommendations, mind-body approaches including mindfulness-based intervention,...
Annals of Palliative Medicine
August 22, 2024
Arum Kim, Barley Halton, Akash Shah et al.
11 citations
Existential distress is commonly experienced by patients diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. This condition has been shown to adversely impact quality of life and is correlated with increased suicidal ideation and requests for hastened death. While palliative care teams are experienced in treating depression and anxiety, existential distress is a distinct clinical condition for which...
Annals of Palliative Medicine
July 1, 2021
Jingjing Li, Zhu Cai, Xiaoming Li et al.
58 citations
BACKGROUND: Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) have both been shown to be effective treatment approaches for anxiety. The purpose of this paper was to directly investigate the ability of MBIs and CBT to improve anxiety symptoms (primary outcome), as well as depression symptoms and sleep quality (second outcome). METHODS: We searched the following...
Annals of Palliative Medicine
2018
Joachim Keppler
Owing to the increasing importance of clinical hypnosis in pain therapy and palliative care, there is a growing interest in uncovering the mechanism underlying hypnotic analgesia. The neurophysiological findings suggest that the hypnotic state is associated with an altered operating mode of the brain that is clearly different from the normal operating mode. While in the normal operating mode a...
Annals of Palliative Medicine
July 1, 2017
David M Steinhorn, Jana Din, Angela Johnson
100 citations
Spirituality plays a prominent role in the lives of most palliative patients whether or not they formally adhere to a specific religion and belief. As a result, the palliative care team is frequently called upon to support families who are experiencing their "dark night of the soul" and struggling to make sense of their lives during a healthcare crisis. While conventional religious practices...