Medical providers are trained to investigate, diagnose, and treat cancer. Their primary goal
is to maximize the chances of curing the patient, with less training provided on palliative care …

Pediatric palliative oncology: the state of the science and... : Current Opinion in Pediatrics
Pediatric palliative oncology: the state of the science and art of caring for children with cancer …

Background Much of what we understand about the design of healthcare systems to support
care of the dying comes from our experiences with providing palliative care for dying cancer …

BACKGROUND Bereaved parents experience significant psychosocial and health
sequelae, suggesting that this population may benefit from the ongoing extension of support …

Objectives: Little data are available on palliative home care for children. The objective of this
study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a specialized pediatric palliative home care team …

Context Most of the 20,000 US children dying of serious illnesses annually die in the
hospital. It is unknown if this hospital death predominance reflects family wishes or systemic …

Over the past two decades, paediatric palliative care has emerged as both a primary
approach and as its own medical subspecialty, the overall aim of which is to ease suffering …

Communication is central to pediatric oncology care. Pediatric oncologists disclose life‐
threatening diagnoses, explain complicated treatment options, and endeavor to give honest …

Background: Pediatric fellows receive little palliative care (PC) education and have few
opportunities to practice communication skills. Objective: In this pilot study, we assessed (1) …

Background Few studies have addressed the efficacy of palliative radiotherapy (RT) for
pediatric osteosarcoma (OS), a disease generally considered to be radioresistant. We …