Objective: A growing multicultural society presents healthcare providers with a difficult task
of providing appropriate care for individuals who have different life experiences, beliefs …

Objective: The aim of this study is to report the benefits and burdens of palliative research
participation on children, siblings, parents, clinicians, and researchers. Background …

Purpose When a child's cancer progresses beyond current treatment capability, the parents
are likely to participate in noncurative treatment decision making. One factor that helps …

Os cuidados paliativos compreendem uma abordagem de assistência ao paciente sem
possibilidades de cura e sua família, com o objetivo de proporcionar-lhes uma melhor …

In paediatric palliative care (PPC), parents are confronted with increasing caregiving
demands. More children are cared for at home, and the need for PPC of children is …

Background: The choice between palliative chemotherapy (defined as the use of cytotoxic
medications delivered intravenously for the purpose of our study) and supportive care alone …

OBJECTIVE: to investigate and analyze communication in palliative care contexts from the
perspective of nurses, based on Humanistic Nursing Theory. METHOD: this is a field study …

Most parents of children with cancer have dual primary goals: a primary cancer-directed
goal of cure and a primary comfort-related goal of lessening suffering. Early introduction of …

Background: Policy guidance and bioethical literature urge the involvement of adolescents
in decisions about their healthcare. It is uncertain how roles and expectations of …

McKENNA K., COLLIER J., HEWITT M. & BLAKE H.(2010) European Journal of Cancer
Care19, 621–630 Parental involvement in paediatric cancer treatment decisions This study …