The codesign of an interdisciplinary team-based intervention regarding initiating palliative care in pediatric oncology.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:Children with advanced cancer are often not referred to palliative or hospice care before they die or are only referred close to the child's death. The goals of the current project were to learn about pediatric oncology team members' perspectives on palliative care, to collaborate with team members to modify and tailor three separate interdisciplinary team-based interventions regarding initiating palliative care, and to assess the feasibility of this collaborative approach. METHODS:We used a modified version of experience-based codesign (EBCD) involving members of the pediatric palliative care team and three interdisciplinary pediatric oncology teams (Bone Marrow Transplant, Neuro-Oncology, and Solid Tumor) to review and tailor materials for three team-based interventions. Eleven p

SUBMITTER: Hill DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6379076 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature