Reflections on the provision of community palliative care for terminally ill children in Ireland.

The developing role of children's nurses in community palliative care.

This article addresses some of the contemporary issues in relation to providing palliative care for children in Ireland, particularly focusing on the creation of the specialist palliative care nursing outreach posts. The recent publication of an Irish national policy on palliative care for children with life-limiting illness is welcome news for paediatric nurses in Ireland. Children are valued ...

Challenges of palliative care for children with cancer in Iran: a review

Pediatric palliative care is a holistic caring approach for children and families that begins with diagnosis of a life-threatening illness and continues until death; it aimed to relieve pain and other symptoms in physical, mental, social and spiritual aspects. In spite of available evidence concerning optimal outcomes of the provision of palliative care, establishment of a palliative care syste...

The Lack of Systematic Training for Health Care Providers, A Challenge for Providing Pediatric Palliative Home Care: A Comparative Study

Background: The growing prevalence of chronic diseases in children has increased their need for palliative care. We aimed to compare pediatric palliative care and home care training in Iran and in the selected countries. Materials and Methods: This comparative study was conducted based on the classifications of palliative care for children and using databases such as Scopus, Science Direct, Ovi...

Barriers and facilitators to care for the terminally ill: a cross-country case comparison study of Canada, England, Germany, and the United States.

BACKGROUND Why do many patients not die at their preferred location? AIM Analyze system-level characteristics influencing the ability to implement best practices in delivering care for terminally ill adults (barriers and facilitators). DESIGN Cross-country comparison study from a "most similar-most different" perspective, triangulating evidence from a scoping review of the literature, docum...

Palliative care ethics: non-provision of artificial nutrition and hydration to terminally ill sedated patients.