Important Aspects Influencing Delivery of Serious News in Pediatric Oncology: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Delivering serious news presents a major challenge for clinical practice in pediatric oncology due to the complexity of the communication process and a number of aspects that influence how the serious news is delivered and received. This study aims to review and explore the aspects influencing the delivery of serious news in pediatric oncology from the perspective of physicians, parents, siblings and patients themselves. The MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Library, PsycInfo and Medvik databases were systematically searched for relevant articles published from 1990 to 2017. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines, 36 original papers were included. Identified aspects of communication were categori

SUBMITTER: Hrdlickova L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7926514 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature