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Pediatric palliative care provision around the world: A systematic review
Author(s) -
Knapp Caprice,
Woodworth Lindsey,
Wright Michael,
Downing Julia,
Drake Ross,
FowlerKerry Sue,
Hain Richard,
Marston Joan
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.23100
Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , mainstream , systematic review , grey literature , medline , nursing , political science , law
Pediatric palliative care is recommended by many organizations. Yet, there is no information available on the progress that has been made in providing this care or the gaps that still exist in provision around the world. We conducted a systematic review to address this gap in knowledge. The systematic review identified 117 peer‐reviewed and non‐peer reviewed resources. Based on this information, each country was assigned a level of provision; 65.6% of countries had no known activities, 18.8% had capacity building activities, 9.9% had localized provision, and 5.7% had provision that was reaching mainstream providers. Understanding the geographic distribution in the level of provision is crucial for policy makers and funders. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2011; 57: 361–368. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.