The Impact of Specialty Palliative Care in Pediatric Oncology: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Children with cancer and their families have complex needs related to symptoms, decision-making, care planning, and psychosocial impact extending across the illness trajectory, which for some includes end of life. Whether specialty pediatric palliative care (SPPC) is associated with improved outcomes for children with cancer and their families is unknown.

Objective

We conducted a systematic review following PRISMA guidelines to investigate outcomes associated with SPPC in pediatric oncology with a focus on intervention delivery, collaboration, and alignment with National Quality Forum domains.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, and CINAHL databases from inception until April 2020 and reviewed references manually. Eligible articles were

SUBMITTER: Kaye EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9896574 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature