“…Palliative and supportive care aims to improve the patient's quality of life. The goal is to prevent or ease the symptoms of a serious disease and to treat the psychological, social, and existential problems related to the disease and its treatment (Hallman and Newton, 2019;Sun and Bakitas, 2019;Olver et al, 2020;WHO, 2020). During challenging life crises, such as coping with incurable cancer, communication is a key element (Hallman and Newton, 2019).…”