Achieving beneficial outcomes for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions receiving palliative care and their families: A realist review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Palliative care for children and young people is a growing global health concern with significant resource implications. Improved understanding of how palliative care provides benefits is necessary as the number of children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions rises.

Aim

The aim is to investigate beneficial outcomes in palliative care from the perspective of children and families and the contexts and hidden mechanisms through which these outcomes can be achieved.

Design

This is a systematic realist review following the RAMESES standards. A protocol has been published in PROSPERO (registration no: CRD42018090646).

Data sources

An iterative literature search was conducted over 2 years (2015-2017). Empirical research and systematic

SUBMITTER: Mitchell S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7074600 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature