Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a paediatric palliative care team.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the last decade, paediatric palliative care teams (PPCTs) have been introduced to support children with life-limiting diseases and their families and to ensure continuity, coordination and quality of paediatric palliative care (PPC). However, implementing a PPCT into an organisation is a challenge. The objective of this study was to identify barriers and facilitators reported by healthcare professionals (HCPs) in primary, secondary or tertiary care for implementing a newly initiated multidisciplinary PPCT to bridge the gap between hospital and home.

Methods

The Measurement Instrument for Determinants of Innovations (MIDI) was used to assess responses of 71 HCPs providing PPC to one or more of the 129 children included in a pilot study of a PPCT based at a uni

SUBMITTER: Verberne LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5810030 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature