As in adults, palliative care in children is a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to care that seeks to enhance the life of children and families living with life limiting conditions. It involves a holistic approach embracing symptom management, psychosocial/spiritual care, and bereavement support.

Introduction Interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice can play a significant role in mitigating challenges faced by global health care systems. To provide holistic care, health care professionals must be cognisant of podiatrists’ extending scope of practice. This national, evaluative study explored the influence of IPE at enhancing health and social work students’ awareness ...

This article discusses the importance of self-care in enhancing the emotional well-being of generalist community nurses providing palliative care. This research undertaken in Australia explored the relationship between emotional well-being and professional practice. The results demonstrated the importance of self-care, aspects of palliative care that impacted on nurses’ well-being, and strategi...

Spirituality, as an essential part of holistic care, is concerned with faith and meaning, and is usually conceptualised as a 'higher' experience or a transcendence of oneself. A resurgence of interest in this area is evident in post modern culture because of the effects that spirituality and religious beliefS may have on health. Up until the last two decades, spirituality and spiritual care, al...

background and objectives: spirituality and spiritual care, as essential components of holistic nursing care, are widely recognized, while spiritual aspect is still overlooked. spirituality has been associated with the caregiver’s sense of well-being and ability to cope. the aim of this study was to determine attitude of intensive care nurses toward spirituality and spiritual care and its relat...

H ospice and palliative care are intrinsically holistic modalities because we cannot – and must not – separate the caring of the mind, body, and spirit when tending to the suffering of people who have serious illnesses or who are in the process of dying. Many interpretations of palliative care agree that it is about providing comfort, easing suffering, and assisting a person and his/her loved o...

Adolescent and young adult (AYA) oncology is caught between the pediatric and adult oncology settings and, therefore, poorly defined. Unfortunately, progress in overall survival for this age cohort has been stagnant while children and older adults have seen significant improvements. Reasons for the lack of progress are multifactorial, with biologic and psychosocial explanations. The current art...

Mobile technologies are anticipated to offer cost effective and efficient information management solutions for the chronic care sector. The increasing incidence of chronic diseases is leading to severe pressure on healthcare services struggling to meet increased demand. Although mobile technical solutions are being developed, there is little understanding of the issues affecting acceptability a...

OBJECTIVE To propose a community-based network system and interdisciplinary management for children with cleft lip/ palate, applicable to Thailand and other developing countries. MATERIAL AND METHOD A network was developed for the care of patients with cleft lip/palate by combining primary health care, community-based rehabilitation and institutional expertise (Tawanchai Center), Five worksho...