Alignment of Palliative Care Service Structure and Standards of Care for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer: An International Survey of Clinical Practice.

ABSTRACT: Background: Access to timely, age-appropriate palliative care services and end-of-life communication are two standards of care for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) living with cancer where cure is uncertain or unlikely. Health professionals' capacity to facilitate these standards is critical. This study aimed to understand AYA oncology health professionals' experienced practices in, and barriers to, delivering these standards of care across palliative care and end-of-life communication in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom (UK). Procedure: We invited health professionals to complete a survey examining access, barriers to, and practices around these standards of care. Tailored to local settings, our survey assessed current delivery of palliative ca

SUBMITTER: Sansom-Daly UM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11698666 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature