Themes. Core Value. Significance of findings. Journal.

Themes Core Value Significance of
findings
Journal Author
Advanced
healthcare directive
Empowerment
Empowers the patient
to decide the course
of action that should
be taken by care
professionals in case
the patient suffers
from a long term
illness
Advanced healthcare
directive helped
patients and their
family members cope
better with the
cumbersome burden
of the long term
illness
Health Care
Outcomes and
Advance Care
Planning in Older
Adults Who Receive
Home-Based
Palliative Care: A
Pilot Cohort Study
Definition and
recommendations for
advance care
planning: an
international
consensus supported
by the European
Association for
Palliative Care
Chen et al. 2015
Rietjens et al. 2017
Spiritual therapy Empowerment
Empowers the patient
and the family
members of the
patient with optimism
to cope with the
disease burden
Non-pharmacological
interventions such as
spiritual therapy
enhance the quality
of life of the patients
suffering from end of
life diseases; also
helped family
members acquire
positivity
Therapeutic Life
Review in Palliative
Care: A Systematic
Review of
Quantitative
Evaluations
Care of the human
spirit and the role of
dignity therapy: a
systematic review of
dignity therapy
research
Keall et al. (2015)
Fitchett et al. (2015)
Health literacy Empowerment
Empowers the patient
and the family
members of the
patient with advanced
knowledge about the
limiting illness to
cope with the disease
burden
Empowered and
equipped family
members of the
patient to provide
home-based care to
the patient
Developing death
literacy
Noonan et al. (2016)
Palliative policy and
procedures
Empowerment
Empowers the patient
and the family
members to plan the
course of palliative
care
Care professionals
empower the patient
and the family
members to make
appropriate choices
with regard to
palliative care
services spanning
across different
domains of life
Advance care
planning in palliative
care: a national
survey of health
professionals and
service managers
Sellars et al. (2014)
Psychological
counselling
Empowerment
Empowers the patient
and the family
members with
emotional and
psychological
strength to cope with
the stress
Empowered patient
and family members
of the patient to
tackle emotional
distress and stress
associated with the
disease burden
Psychological
intervention targeting
distress for cancer
patients: a meta‐
analytic study
investigating uptake
and adherence
Brebach et al. (2016)