BACKGROUND Pediatric palliative care (PPC) is the active total care of children suffering from life-threatening illnesses. Palliative care includes symptom management, psychosocial support, and end-of-life care. Despite significant advances in disease diagnosis and treatment, resources for PPC of children with serious illnesses are limited in Korea. This study aimed to investigate the scale, ti...

Indian Journal of Palliative Care ¦ Volume 24 ¦ Issue 1 ¦ January-March 2018 118 S Ramachandran, Selvaraj Sudhakar1, Fousiya Thaslim, S Veena Kirthika2, K Padmanabhan3, Asir John Samuel4 Departments of Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy, 1Sports Physiotherapy, 2Neuro Physiotherapy and 3Ortho Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physiotherapy, Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute University, Chennai, T...

Objectives: To identify the barriers that influence nurses' attitudes towards palliative care in neonatal intensive unit. Background: Neonatal nurses play a crucial role caring for newborn suffering from complex chronic illness or who is at end of life and needs care. In unit, implementation inconsistent due to existence when faced with need make decisions related newborns’ end-of-life suspensi...

According to the World Federation of Right Die Societies term Comfort Care is often used as a synonym for Palliative Care. encompasses in its concept management pain and symptoms, support patient family, opportunity achieve meaningful closure life. Thus, article delves into various texts understand role nursing professional maintenance promotion health view palliative care. guiding question thi...

INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND Funding to Australian residential aged care units has undergone recent reforms. Parallel with these fiscal developments, the Australian Government commissioned the Guidelines for a Palliative Approach in Residential Aged Care that addressed the inequities of service associated with dying in residential aged care. AIMS This literature review describes the variances i...

how to cite this article: rafiey h, soleimani f, torkzahrani sh, salavati m, nasiri m. scale development and psychometrics for parents’ satisfaction with developmental care in neonatal intensive care unit. iran j child neurol. autumn 2016; 10(4):16-24. abstract objective developmental care comprises a wide range of medical and nursing interventions used in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu...