Korean J Hosp Palliat Care.
2019 Mar;22(1):39-47. 10.0000/kjhpc.2019.22.1.39.
Palliative Care Practitioners' Perception toward Pediatric Palliative Care in the Republic of Korea
- Affiliations
-
- 1Integrative Care Hub, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. mskim81@snu.ac.kr
- 3Central Hospice Center, National Cancer Center, Ilsan, Korea.
- 4College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- 5Department of Nursing, Suwon Women's University, Suwon, Korea.
- 6Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2441062
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.0000/kjhpc.2019.22.1.39
Abstract
- PURPOSE
This study was performed to investigate the current status of pediatric palliative care provision and how it is perceived by the palliative care experts.
METHODS
A descriptive study was conducted with 61 hospice institutions. From September through October 2017, a questionnaire was completed by experts from the participating institutions. Data were analyzed using SPSS 21.0.
RESULTS
Among 61 institutions, palliative care is currently provided for pediatric cancer patients by 11 institutions (18.0%), all of which are concentrated in Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi and Gyengsang provinces; 85.2% of all do not plan to provide specialized pediatric palliative care in the future. According to the experts, the main barriers in providing pediatric palliative care were the insufficient number of trained specialists regardless of the delivery type. Experts said that it was appropriate to intervene when children were diagnosed with cancer that was less likely to be cured (33.7%) and to move to palliative care institutions when their conditions worsened (38.2%); and it was necessary to establish a specialized pediatric palliative care system, independent from the existing institutions for adult patients (73.8%).
CONCLUSION
It is necessary to develop an education program to establish a nationwide pediatric palliative care centers. Pediatric palliative care intervention should be provided upon diagnosis rather than at the point of death. Patients should be transferred to palliative care institutions after intervention by their existing pediatric palliative care team at the hospital is started.
Keyword
- Full Text Links
-
- Actions
-
Cited
- CITED
-
- Close
- Share
-
- Similar articles
-
- Pediatric Nurses' Perception and Knowledge about Pediatric Hospice Palliative Care
- The relationship between Terminal Care Stress and Knowledge and Perception of Hospice-Palliative Care among Pediatric Nurses
- Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care
- Understanding of Changes to Hospice & Palliative Care Brought by the Enforcement of the Act on Hospice & Palliative Care and Dying Patient Determination of Life Sustaining Treatments
- Relationship Among Nurses' Knowledge, Attitude Towards Palliative Care and Perception of Death in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
