Palliative care for adolescents and young adults with advanced illness: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Age-related complex medical conditions have been commonly reported among adolescents and young adults with advanced life-limiting illness. There is increasing interest in exploring their palliative care needs and end-of-life experiences.

Aim

This scoping review aimed to explore the available literature about providing palliative and end-of-life care to adolescents and young adults with advanced life-limiting illnesses.

Design

Scoping review. This review was registered on Open Science Framework (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/SPTD7).

Data sources

Electronic databases (MEDLINEALL, Embase, Emcare, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trial CENTRAL, Scopus, PsycINFO, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews), Google Scholar and reference lists were se

SUBMITTER: Abdelaal M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9841827 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature