Let us talk about death: gender effects in cancer patients' preferences for end-of-life discussions.
Carola SeifartJ Riera KnorrenschildM HofmannY NestoriucW RiefP von BlanckenburgPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2020)
The tendency of patients to talk late about EOL issues increases the risk of delayed or missed EOL conversations, which may be due to a knowledge gap regarding the possibility of disease-associated incapability. Furthermore, there are significant gender differences influencing the access to EOL conversations. Therefore, for daily clinical routine, we suggest an early two-step, gender-sensitive approach to end-of-life conversations.