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Factors Associated With the Location of Expected Pediatric Deaths in the Palliative Care Context

Sandra Coombs1, Phillip Aouad1,2, Tiina Jaaniste1,2,3

  • 1Departments of Pain and Palliative Care, Sydney Children's Hospital - Randwick, Sydney, Australia.

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|September 17, 2020
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Early planning for a child

Area of Science:

  • Palliative care and pediatric end-of-life planning.

Background:

  • Hasty decisions regarding the location of death (LOD) for palliative children can burden families.
  • Early planning empowers families and provides a sense of control during end-of-life care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review factors associated with pediatric location of death (LOD) planning.
  • To identify emerging factors crucial for integrative pediatric end-of-life planning.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of factors influencing pediatric location of death (LOD) decisions.
  • Identification and categorization of health service, familial, and patient factors.
  • Development of a conceptual model for pediatric LOD planning.

Main Results:

  • Three key areas identified: health service factors, familial factors, and patient factors.
  • Multiple sub-factors within these areas were presented.
  • A conceptual model illustrating related factors in pediatric LOD planning was developed.

Conclusions:

  • Comprehensive planning for pediatric location of death (LOD) is essential.
  • Further research is needed to address the limited empirical data in this field.
  • Understanding nuanced implications of LOD factors requires continued investigation.

Keywords:
childdeathend-of lifelocation of deathplanning

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