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Rassouli M, Salmani N, Mandegari Z, Dadgari A, Fallah Tafti B, Bagheri I. Challenges of palliative care for children with cancer in Iran: a review. Iran J Ped Hematol Oncol 2019; 9 (1) :48-62
URL: http://ijpho.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-439-en.html
Faculty of Department of Meybod Nursing, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
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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 system for children has hardly been feasible so far due to a number of challenges. Therefore, this review study aimed at identifying the challenges of the provision of pediatric palliative care along with the relevant solutions. The identified challenges were classified into two categories including structure-based challenges (i.e. lack of a clear structure in the health system and classification of services, shortage of specialized staff, insufficient home care services, absence of health care tariffs along with insurance coverage of palliative care services) and process-based challenges (i.e. absence of guidelines, lack of educational programs for family, family attitudes and beliefs, communication barriers, and lack of access to opioids). Thereafter, the solutions for each challenge are provided in accordance with the available literature separately. Given the significance of palliative care for children with cancer and in order to improve the quality of life of the children and the families, it appears necessary that policymakers and managers take account of the challenges as well as the feasibility and the implementation of provided solutions.
 
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Heart
Received: 2018/10/5 | Accepted: 2018/12/12 | Published: 2019/01/6

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