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Standards for the Psychosocial Care of Children With Cancer and Their Families: An Introduction to the Special Issue
Author(s) -
Wiener Lori,
Kazak Anne E.,
Noll Robert B.,
Patenaude Andrea Farkas,
Kupst Mary Jo
Publication year - 2015
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.25675
Subject(s) - psychosocial , medicine , pediatric oncology , pediatric cancer , family medicine , standard of care , quality (philosophy) , childhood cancer , nursing , cancer , psychiatry , philosophy , epistemology , surgery
Pediatric oncology psychosocial professionals collaborated with an interdisciplinary group of experts and stakeholders and developed evidence‐based standards for pediatric psychosocial care. Given the breadth of research evidence and traditions of clinical care, 15 standards were derived. Each standard is based on a systematic review of relevant literature and used the AGREE II process to evaluate the quality of the evidence. This article describes the methods used to develop the standards and introduces the 15 articles included in this special issue. Established standards help ensure that all children with cancer and their families receive essential psychosocial care. Pediatr Blood Cancer © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.