Context Palliative care continues to be a rapidly growing field aimed at improving quality of
life for patients and their caregivers. Objectives The purpose of this review was to provide a …

Pediatric palliative care aims to alleviate suffering and improve the quality of life of children
with serious disease and increase support for their parents and other family members …

The COVID‐19 pandemic is one of the most serious global challenges to delivering
affordable and equitable treatment to children with cancer we have witnessed in the last few …

Pediatric oncology psychosocial professionals collaborated with an interdisciplinary group
of experts and stakeholders and developed evidence‐based standards for pediatric …

Importance Early palliative care integration for cancer patients is now touted as the optimal
care model, yet significant barriers often prevent its implementation. A perceived barrier …

METHODS The National Palliative Care Registry collects annualized data on palliative care
programs' structures, processes, and staffing. Using data from the 2018 registry survey, we …

A growing evidence base highlights the negative impact of poor psychosocial care at end-of-
life. Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) 15–39 years of age with cancer face unique …

Research indicates that a subset of youths with childhood cancer and their parents will
experience significant psychological distress throughout the course of their illness …

METHODS Analyses of the multicenter Children's Hospital Association Annual Benchmark
Report 2020 survey for prevalence of PPC programs and association with operational …

Background With published evidence‐based Standards for Psychosocial Care for Children
with Cancer and their Families, it is important to know the current status of their …