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Specialist paediatric palliative care for children and young people with cancer: A mixed-methods systematic review.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Economic costs of health and social care for a child with a life-limiting condition in their last year of life: a systematic review.BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Pooled it
- The Impact of Specialty Palliative Care in Pediatric Oncology: A Systematic Review.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2021Pooled it
- Specialist paediatric palliative care for children and young people with cancer: A mixed-methods systematic review.Palliative medicine · 2020Pooled it
- High-intensity treatment is common at the end of life among children and young people who died of cancer: a retrospective cohort study.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
- Lived experiences of Jordanian mothers of children with cancer: A descriptive qualitative study.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2026Article
- Experiences with an Advance Care Planning Intervention for Children with Life-Limiting Conditions: A Qualitative Study of Families and Clinicians Using the IMplementing Pediatric Advance Care Planning Toolkit.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- What are the symptoms and concerns of young adults living with life-limiting conditions and how well are they captured by patient reported outcome measures? A mixed-methods systematic review and framework synthesis.Palliative medicine · 2026Review
- Specialist paediatric palliative care program development in the standard-of-care era.Paediatrics & child health · 2025Article
- Parents' experiences of the financial and employment impacts of their child receiving end-of-life care: a national qualitative study.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Advance Care Planning Conversations in Pediatric Patients with Refractory Oncologic Disease.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- End of life care in paediatric settings: UK national survey.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2025Article
- Needs, status and future directions in palliative care for children with cancer: an insight into the Italian situation.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- 'A team around the child' professionals' experiences of unmet needs, access and expectations in children's palliative care services, a phenomenological study in the UK.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community · 2024Article
- Barriers and facilitators influencing referral and access to palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions: a scoping review of the evidence.Palliative medicine · 2024Article
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- Children with cancer at the end of life in a middle-income country: integrated pediatric palliative care improves outcomes.BMC palliative care · 2024Observational
- Palliative Care Interventions Among Adolescents and Young Adults with Serious Illness: A Scoping Review.Clinical practice in pediatric psychology · 2023Article
- Palliative care services for children with life-limiting conditions.Irish journal of medical science · 2023Article
- What does 'good' palliative care look like for children and young people? A qualitative study of parents' experiences and perspectives.Palliative medicine · 2023Article
- Presuppositions, cost-benefit, collaboration, and competency impacts palliative care referral in paediatric oncology: a qualitative study.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSpecialist paediatric palliative care services are promoted as an important component of palliative care provision, but there is uncertainty about their role for children with cancer.
aimTo examine the impact of specialist paediatric palliative care for children and young people with cancer and explore factors affecting access.
designA mixed-methods systematic review and narrative synthesis (PROSPERO Registration No. CRD42017064874). DATA SOURCES: Database (CINAHL, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Embase, MEDLINE, PsycINFO) searches (2000-2019) identified primary studies of any design exploring the impact of and/or factors affecting access to specialist paediatric palliative care. Study quality was assessed using The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool.
resultsAn evidence base of mainly low- and moderate-quality studies (
conclusionCurrent evidence suggests that children and young people with cancer receiving specialist palliative care are cared for differently. However, little is understood about children's views, and research is needed to determine whether specialist input improves quality of life.
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