Table 2 Recommended key references and resources for conducting family meetings
From: Family meetings in palliative care: Multidisciplinary clinical practice guidelines
• Clinical practice guidelines for the psychosocial care of adults with cancer [36] |
• Key communication skills and how to acquire them [37, 38] |
• Clinical practice guidelines for communicating prognosis and end-of-life issues with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness, and their carers [39] |
• Responding to desire to die statements from patients with advanced disease: recommendations for health professionals [40] |
• Supporting a person who requires palliative care: A guide for family and friends [41] (via: http://www.pallcarevic.asn.au/) |
• 'Would you like to talk about your future treatment options?' discussing the transition from curative cancer treatment to palliative care [42] |