Communication in Palliative Nursing

  • Communication in Palliative Nursing: The COMFORT Model
    By Sandra L. Ragan, Elaine Wittenberg, Joy V. Goldsmith

    Journal of Palliative Medicine. doi:10.1089/jpm.2018.0431 Hawley, P. (2017). Barriers to access to palliative care. Palliative Care, 10, 1178224216688887. doi:10.1177/1178224216688887 Heath, S. (2017, July 25).

  • Communication in Palliative Nursing
    By Sandra L. Ragan, Joy Goldsmith, Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles

    An earlier study identified an increased cost of $7798 per hospitalization for those navigating illness with low health literacy (Weiss & Palmer, 2004). These figures are staggering and distressing, but further research is needed to ...

  • Communication in Palliative Nursing: The COMFORT Model
    By Sandra L. Ragan, Elaine Wittenberg, Joy V. Goldsmith

    The COMFORT Model Elaine Wittenberg, Joy V. Goldsmith, Sandra L. Ragan, Terri Ann Parnell. Barber, S., & Moreno-Leguizamon, C.J. (2017). Can narrative medicine education contribute to the delivery of compassionate care?

  • Communication in Palliative Nursing: The COMFORT Model
    By Elaine Wittenberg, Terri Ann Parnell

    Brega, A. G., Barnard, J., Mabachi, N. M., Weiss, B. D., DeWalt, D., Brach, C., ... West, D. R. (2015). AHRQ health literacy universal precautions toolkit (2nd ed.). Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ Publication No.

  • Communication in Palliative Nursing
    By Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles

    Communicating with relatives/companions about cancer care. In D. W. Kissane, B. D. Bultz, P. M. Butow, and I. G. Finaly (Eds.), Handbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care (p. 157–164). New York: Oxford University Press.