Place and provision of palliative care for children with progressive cancer: a study by the Paediatric Oncology Nurses' Forum/United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group Palliative Care Working Group.

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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe and show effectiveness of the outreach team model of palliative care (PC) in allowing home death for children with incurable cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Over 7 months, 185 children from 22 United Kingdom oncology centers were recruited to a prospective questionnaire survey. RESULTS: One hundred sixty-four children from 22 centers died (median age, 8.7 years; 88 boys, 76 girls). One hundred twenty-six families completed two or more question...

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Authors: Vickers, J; Thompson, A; Collins, G; Childs, M; Hain, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 28
• Pages: 4472-4476
• Publication date: 2007-10-01
• DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.12.0493
• EISSN: 1527-7755
• ISSN: 0732-183X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Patient Satisfaction; Prospective Studies; Great Britain; Home Care Services; Models, Organizational; Female; Adult; Paediatric Oncology Nurses' Forum/United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group Palliative Care Working Group; Male; Bereavement; Child Health Services; Neoplasms; Child, Preschool; Child; Infant; Humans; Adolescent; Palliative Care; Patient Care Team