Objective: Palliative care for children is becoming an important subspecialty of healthcare.
Although concurrent administration of curative and palliative care is recommended, timely …

Objective To synthesize the perspectives of a broad range of pediatric palliative care (PPC)
clinicians and parents, to formulate a consensus on prioritization of the PPC research …

At least 20 million children would benefit from Pediatric Palliative Care (PPC) annually, and
8 million children would need specialized PPC services. In the USA alone, more than …

OBJECTIVE: To review the instruments used to assess the impact of PPC interventions.
DATA SOURCES: Five databases (Embase, Scopus, The Cochrane Library, PsychInfo …

Context Since the publication of the IMPaCCT project in 2007, much effort has been made to
develop new approaches to pediatric palliative care (PPC). Fifteen years later, it is time to …

Background A national clinical practice guideline for pediatric palliative care was published
in 2013. So far there are only few reports available on whether an educational program …

Background Because of practice variation and new developments in palliative pediatric
care, the Dutch Association of Pediatrics decided to develop the clinical practice guideline …

Context Specialized pediatric palliative care (SPPC) is increasingly involved in the care of
seriously ill children, yet the evidence on its impact has not been comprehensively reviewed …

This book describes the current state of the art in the field of palliative care in children and
adults. Special emphasis is placed on addressing the efficacy and effectiveness of palliative …

Pediatric palliative care and pediatric hospice care (PPC-PHC) are often essential aspects
of medical care for patients who have life-threatening conditions or need end-of-life care …