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Referral to a specialist paediatric palliative care service in oncology patients
Author(s) -
Fraser Lorna K.,
Miller Michael,
McKinney Patricia A.,
Parslow Roger C.,
Feltbower Richard G.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
pediatric blood and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1545-5017
pISSN - 1545-5009
DOI - 10.1002/pbc.22667
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , palliative care , blood cancer , cancer , pediatrics , specialist care , family medicine , place of death , cause of death , emergency medicine , nursing , primary care , disease
Cancer is the second most common cause of death in children and young people (0–19 years) accounting for 16.2% of deaths in England and Wales in 2005. Only 37.6% children and young people who died from cancer in Yorkshire were referred to Martin House Children's Hospice (MH) during the period 1990–2005. A significantly higher proportion with central nervous system tumours and a significantly lower than expected proportion with leukaemia or lymphoma were referred for palliative care. There is potential to increase the proportion of children and young people with cancer who are referred to specialist palliative care services. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2011;56:677–680. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.