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Parent and Provider Perspectives of a Hospital-Based Bereavement Support Program in Pediatric Palliative Care

Abstract Context: Bereavement is an individuated, nuanced experience, and its expression is different for each parent who has cared for a dying child. Evidence highlights support is valuable to navigate this loss. Objectives: To evaluate a…

Dying child and nurses' mourning

Introduction: One of the most complex and emotional aspects of nursing is the interaction between the nurse and the dying child. The attitudes of nurses towards death, affect the quality of care. Objective(s): To investigate pediatric nurses'…

Sign Me Up! Understanding Referral and Enrollment to Community-Based Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care (FR420D)

Objectives: * List the types of community-based hospice and palliative care programs for children and describe barriers and facilitators to the use of these programs. * Describe the rates of referral and enrollment to community-based programs,…

Development of an innovative program to improve provision of palliative and hospice care to children and families in the community: The story of QoLA Kids

Background: Approximately 500,000 children in the United States suffer from serious illnesses each year and 50,000 die annually. Hospice and palliative care services are known to be beneficial for many children with serious illnesses and their…

The 'good death' in pediatric oncology

Background: Empirical descriptions of a 'good death' exist for older adults with cancer, and these have served as the foundation for providing quality end of life care. In contrast, little is known about what, if anything, constitutes a 'good death'…

Evaluation of residents' level of comfort with palliative care concepts before and after

Introduction The specialty of Pediatric Palliative care and Hospice is growing exponentially, however, residency training programs are often underprepared to meet the evolving educational needs of their trainees with regards to the field. While…

Implications of Pediatric Palliative Consultation for Intensive Care Unit Stay

Background: The impact of specialty pediatric palliative care (PPC) on intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay for children is unclear. Objective: To estimate the impact of PPC consultation by analyzing ICU stay as a dynamic outcome over the course…

Hospital admissions into paediatric palliative care: A retrospective study

Introduction: Patients may be admitted to hospital by paediatric palliative care units (PPCU) for different reasons, due to their different needs and clinical problems. The objective of this study is to present the data of patients admitted to the…

Pediatric intensivist end-of-life practices and attitudes in Vietnam

Prevalence and source of pain in pediatric inpatients

Our knowledge of the prevalence and sources of pain within hospital is limited. The present study is an epidemiological investigation of pain in a pediatric hospital. All children who were inpatients in a tertiary care hospital (excluding Neonatal…

Tags: 1996, Backlog, Children, Cummings EA, Finley G A, Journal Article, McGrath PJ, Pain, Pediatric Hospital, Reid GJ, Ritchie JA

Who Will Speak for Me? Disparities in Palliative Care Research with "unbefriended" Adolescents Living with HIV/AIDS

Objective: To report a finding of a severe lack of social support with potential for serious harm during the course of a pediatric advanced care planning study. Method: A longitudinal, single-blinded, multisite randomized controlled trial, conducted…

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