Each year, more than 8 million children worldwide require specialized palliative care, yet
there is little evidence available in pediatrics on the characteristics of the end of life in this …

Introduction Around 2000 children and adolescents die each year in Spain, however, we
know little about the particularities of deaths in paediatrics. The purpose of this study is to …

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 …

Background: Parents of children with a life-limiting disease have to rely on themselves at
home while adequate paediatric palliative care is lacking. In several countries, paediatric …

Background: Despite recent strides in pediatric palliative care (PPC), there are few
published data on community-based care of dying children. Objective: Our aim was to …

OBJECTIVES: To increase awareness of the topic of paediatric palliative care among
practicing physicians in Canada by exploring the impact of a child's neurological or rare …

Methods Families of children who were cared for by the paediatric palliative care team
(PPCT) in a home setting between 01.02. 2003 to 30.09. 2009 were included in the survey …

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with location of death of
patients receiving palliative care in a pediatric oncology unit. Methods: A palliative care …

Background The question of where a child should die at home or in the hospital has been a
subject of recent debate. We instituted a palliative care program with advanced end‐of‐life …

Pediatric advance care planning seeks to ensure end-of-life care conforming to the
patients/their families' preferences. To expand our knowledge of advance care planning and …