The COMFORT Model, the authors’ time-tested conceptual model for teaching palliative care communication, stands above all other curricula.

• Evidence-based as it includes communication strategies, tools, and resources that have been tested with patients, families, and providers in clinical settings

• Addresses health literacy, from the patient’s and family caregiver’s perspective, including attention to the nurse’s own health literacy

• Proven to be teachable to interdisciplinary provider audiences and providers who: have reported high satisfaction with learning materials; have implemented innovative communication processes aimed at improving patient/family communication, and have activated changes in their personal communication practices