Pediatric palliative care has recently become a priority in the health care field and is
implemented at the time of diagnosis rather than days or weeks before the child's death …

OBJECTIVE: Advanced cancer family caregivers who have good relationships with other
family members and with patient's health care providers (PHCPs) have less emotional …

Caregivers of survivors of pediatric cancer face ongoing social, emotional and financial
challenges that may result in enduring illness-and caregiving-related distress. After patients …

Despite growing interest in improving the quality of care at the end of life, pediatric palliative
and end-of-life care has only recently been identified as a critically important area of study …

Purpose: Although a growing body of research has documented the quality of life (QOL) of
cancer survivors beyond the initial phase of the survivorship, similar knowledge about family …

Background: Palliative care principles are known to support the experiences of children and
their families throughout the illness trajectory. However, there is little knowledge of the …

Objective: Few studies address the longer term psychological adjustment of family
caregivers who provide care to a relative with cancer. This study aimed to document levels …

Pediatric palliative care professionals often encounter questions from parents about how to
handle the belongings of their deceased child. This study describes what 34 families did …

Cancer profoundly affects the lives of those with the diagnosis and their families. When the
life of a parent is threatened by advanced cancer, the children are faced with living their lives …

Family caregivers of cancer patients may enter a predeath grief cycle when their loved one
is diagnosed with cancer. The emotional upheaval and accompanying stress that define …