Barriers to and Facilitators of Pediatric Palliative Care in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan: A Document Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although progress has been made, substantial barriers exist in the development and implementation of pediatric palliative care (PPC) in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Possible explanations include the idea that cultural taboos erect barriers that short-circuit PPC discussions among stakeholders, and secondly, regional guidelines intended to support PPC fail to do so effectively. Here, we aimed to identify and document the scope of barriers to and facilitators of PPC practices in these regions and to explore to what extent and how regional PPC guidelines address these barriers/facilitators.

Methods

We identified and compared two kinds of documents: (1) recent journal articles reporting on empirical studies of barriers to/facilitators of PPC practices in mai

SUBMITTER: Zhong Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12651054 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature