“…Through different phases of a disease, every patient is entitled to receive understandable information, to be given the opportunity to ask questions and to discuss his/her prognosis and medical condition (Walczak, Butow, Bu, & Clayton, ; Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance, ). This is equally important in the approach towards death so that the patient has opportunity both to express his/her individual preferences regarding care and treatment as well as to achieve as high a quality of life as possible, even when close to death (Andreassen, Neergaard, Brogaard, Skorstengaard, & Jensen, ; Schou‐Andersen, Ullersted, Jensen, & Neergaard, ). However, numerous studies show that communication between physicians and patients in general is not optimal, despite the fact that both patients and their families find communication about, for example, prognosis to be one of the most important aspects of care at the end of life (Diamond, Corner, De Rosa, Breitbart, & Applebaum, ; Evans et al., ; Horlait, Chambaere, Pardon, Deliens, & Van Belle, ; Nedjat‐Haiem et al., ; Winner, Wilson, Yahanda, Gani, & Pawlik, ).…”