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INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND: More than 98% of children who need palliative care live in low- or middle-income countries where access to palliative care is extremely limited. A lack of palliative care education for health care providers has been…

OBJECTIVES: The goal of this implementation study was to describe the implementation and evaluation of the impact of an online pediatric palliative care training program in Nepal, using the Project ECHO model. METHODS: The study used mixed methods,…

Background: The vast majority (97%) of children needing palliative care live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Nepal, more than 43 000 children need palliative care, yet access to pediatric palliative care (PPC) is extremely limited. A…

Project ECHO (Extension of Community Healthcare Outcomes) is an innovative model of online education which has been proposed to enhance access to palliative care in resource-limited settings. There is limited literature describing how health care…

Palliative care is an important component of pediatric cancer treatment that provides holistic support for children and their families. In low- and middle-income countries, where 98% of the children needing palliative care reside, access to…

This study was carried out in eight palliative care services in four Canadian cities. A revised version of The McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire (MQOL) is compared to a single-item scale measuring overall quality of life (SIS), and the…
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