Subtopic Deep Dive
Pediatric Palliative Oncology Care
Research Guide
What is Pediatric Palliative Oncology Care?
Pediatric Palliative Oncology Care provides symptom management, family-centered support, and legacy-building for children with cancer facing life-limiting illnesses.
This subtopic focuses on nursing interventions, communication strategies, and multidisciplinary team practices in pediatric oncology units. Key studies include qualitative analyses of nurse perceptions and integrative reviews of care practices. Over 10 papers from 2007-2022 address these elements, with citation counts ranging from 52 to 100.
Why It Matters
Pediatric Palliative Oncology Care enhances quality of life for children with cancer by integrating symptom control with curative therapies, reducing family distress. Nursing interventions identified by Silva e Sousa et al. (2019) improve pain management and emotional support in oncology units. Communication strategies outlined by de Sá França et al. (2013) based on Humanistic Nursing Theory foster trust between nurses and families. Multidisciplinary perceptions from Ferreira da Silva et al. (2015) guide better legacy-building practices, directly impacting end-of-life dignity.
Key Research Challenges
Nurse Knowledge Gaps
Nurses often lack sufficient knowledge and confidence in palliative care for pediatric oncology patients. Kim et al. (2020) found low scores in a cross-sectional study of non-cancer care, extending to oncology contexts. Chover-Sierra et al. (2017) reported similar deficiencies in hospital settings using the Palliative Care Quiz.
Integration Barriers
Successful integration of palliative care into pediatric oncology faces structural and attitudinal barriers. Von Roenn et al. (2013) identified challenges in oncology practice evolution toward patient-centered care. Multidisciplinary teams report difficulties in daily care coordination, as per Ferreira da Silva et al. (2015).
Communication Deficits
Effective communication in pediatric palliative oncology remains inconsistent among nurses. De Sá França et al. (2013) analyzed nurse perspectives using Humanistic Nursing Theory in oncology units. Spiritual care performance varies, with Evangelista et al. (2021) highlighting gaps under Theory of Human Caring.
Essential Papers
Knowledge, attitude, confidence, and educational needs of palliative care in nurses caring for non-cancer patients: a cross-sectional, descriptive study
Sanghee Kim, Kyunghwa Lee, Sookyung Kim · 2020 · BMC Palliative Care · 100 citations
Barriers and Approaches to the Successful Integration of Palliative Care and Oncology Practice
Jamie H. Von Roenn, Raymond Voltz, Alain Serrié · 2013 · Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network · 79 citations
As management of patients with cancer is evolving, an increased focus is being placed on individualized patient-centered care. Early integration of palliative care into the overall management of pa...
Nursing interventions in palliative care in Pediatric Oncology: an integrative review
Amanda Danielle Resende Silva e Sousa, Liliane Faria da Silva, Eny Dórea Paiva · 2019 · Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem · 79 citations
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify, in scientific productions, nursing interventions in palliative care in children and adolescents with cancer. Method: integrative review of the literature through th...
The importance of communication in pediatric oncology palliative care: focus on Humanistic Nursing Theory
Jael Rúbia Figueiredo de Sá França, Solange Fátima Geraldo da Costa, Maria Emília Limeira Lopes et al. · 2013 · Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem · 79 citations
OBJECTIVE: to investigate and analyze communication in palliative care contexts from the perspective of nurses, based on Humanistic Nursing Theory. METHOD: this is a field study with a qualitative ...
Catalonia WHO Palliative Care Demonstration Project at 15 Years (2005)
Xavier Gómez‐Batiste, Josep Porta-Sales, Antonio Pascual et al. · 2007 · Journal of Pain and Symptom Management · 69 citations
Knowledge in palliative care of nursing professionals at a Spanish hospital
Elena Chover‐Sierra, Antonio Martínez‐Sabater, Yolanda Raquel Lapeña-Moñux · 2017 · Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem · 61 citations
Resume Objective: to determine the level of knowledge in palliative care of nursing staff at a Spanish tertiary care hospital. Method: descriptive, cross-sectional study. Data were collected about ...
Nurses’ performance in palliative care: spiritual care in the light of Theory of Human Caring
Carla Braz Evangelista, Maria Emília Limeira Lopes, Solange Fátima Geraldo da Costa et al. · 2021 · Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem · 58 citations
ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze nurses’ role in assisting patients in palliative care, with emphasis on the spiritual dimension, in the light of Theory of Human Caring. Methods: this is an explorat...
Reading Guide
Foundational Papers
Start with Von Roenn et al. (2013) for integration barriers in oncology-palliative care and de Sá França et al. (2013) for communication in pediatric settings using Humanistic Nursing Theory, as they establish core challenges with 79 citations each.
Recent Advances
Study Silva e Sousa et al. (2019) for nursing interventions review and Evangelista et al. (2021) for spiritual care under Human Caring Theory to capture evolving practices.
Core Methods
Core methods: qualitative field studies (de Sá França et al., 2013), integrative literature reviews (Silva e Sousa et al., 2019), cross-sectional surveys (Kim et al., 2020), and multidisciplinary perception analyses (Ferreira da Silva et al., 2015).
How PapersFlow Helps You Research Pediatric Palliative Oncology Care
Discover & Search
PapersFlow's Research Agent uses searchPapers and citationGraph to map highly cited works like Von Roenn et al. (2013, 79 citations) on integration barriers, then findSimilarPapers reveals related pediatric studies such as de Sá França et al. (2013). ExaSearch uncovers niche Brazilian nursing reviews on pediatric oncology palliative care.
Analyze & Verify
Analysis Agent employs readPaperContent on Silva e Sousa et al. (2019) to extract specific nursing interventions, verifies claims with CoVe against abstracts from Kim et al. (2020), and runsPythonAnalysis to statistically compare knowledge scores across studies using pandas for citation-normalized metrics. GRADE grading assesses evidence quality in qualitative pediatric care reviews.
Synthesize & Write
Synthesis Agent detects gaps in nurse training from Chover-Sierra et al. (2017) versus recent works, flags contradictions in communication efficacy between de Sá França et al. (2013) and Evangelista et al. (2021). Writing Agent applies latexEditText and latexSyncCitations to draft review sections, latexCompile for polished outputs, and exportMermaid for care workflow diagrams.
Use Cases
"Compare nurse knowledge scores in pediatric palliative oncology across studies."
Research Agent → searchPapers('nurse knowledge palliative pediatric oncology') → Analysis Agent → runPythonAnalysis(pandas aggregation of quiz scores from Kim et al. 2020 and Chover-Sierra et al. 2017) → bar chart of mean scores with statistical significance.
"Draft a review on communication in pediatric oncology palliative care."
Research Agent → citationGraph(Von Roenn 2013) → Synthesis Agent → gap detection → Writing Agent → latexEditText(section on Humanistic Nursing from de Sá França 2013) → latexSyncCitations → latexCompile → PDF with integrated bibliography.
"Find code for quality-of-life metrics in pediatric palliative studies."
Research Agent → paperExtractUrls(Silva e Sousa 2019) → Code Discovery → paperFindGithubRepo → githubRepoInspect → exportCsv of symptom metric implementations linked to nursing interventions.
Automated Workflows
Deep Research workflow conducts systematic reviews by chaining searchPapers on 50+ papers like Ferreira da Silva et al. (2015), followed by GRADE grading and structured reports on multidisciplinary practices. DeepScan applies 7-step analysis with CoVe checkpoints to verify intervention efficacy from Silva e Sousa et al. (2019). Theorizer generates theory summaries contrasting Humanistic Nursing (de Sá França 2013) with Human Caring (Evangelista 2021).
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Pediatric Palliative Oncology Care?
It addresses symptom control, family support, and legacy-building for children with life-limiting cancer, integrating with curative efforts.
What are key methods in this subtopic?
Methods include integrative reviews of nursing interventions (Silva e Sousa et al., 2019), qualitative field studies on communication using Humanistic Nursing Theory (de Sá França et al., 2013), and cross-sectional knowledge assessments (Kim et al., 2020).
What are major papers?
Top papers: Von Roenn et al. (2013, 79 citations) on integration barriers; de Sá França et al. (2013, 79 citations) on communication; Silva e Sousa et al. (2019, 79 citations) on nursing interventions.
What open problems exist?
Challenges include nurse knowledge gaps (Kim et al., 2020), integration barriers (Von Roenn et al., 2013), and inconsistent spiritual communication (Evangelista et al., 2021).
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