Principles of psychosocial programming for children and cancer

Chesler, Mark A.; Heiney, Sue P.; Perrin, Rosemarie; Monaco, Grace Powers; Kupst, Mary Jo; Cincotta, Nancy F.; Katz, Ernest R.; Deasy-Spinetta, Patricia; Whittam, Elizabeth H.; Foley, Genevieve V.

doi:10.1002/1097-0142(19930515)71:10+<3210::aid-cncr2820711707>3.0.co;2-o

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“…Several published guidelines identified 'ideal' psychosocial care for a child with cancer [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. None of these documents included all of the information necessary for the complete psychosocial care of a child nor are many explicitly evidence-based or up to date.…”

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Pediatric psycho‐oncology care: standards, guidelines, and consensus reports

et al. 2014

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Objective To identify existing guidelines, standards, or consensus-based reports for psychosocial care of children with cancer and their families. Purpose Psychosocial standards of care for children with cancer can systematize the approach to care and create a replicable model that can be utilized in pediatric hospitals around the world. Determining gaps in existing standards in pediatric psycho-oncology can guide development of useful evidence- and consensus-based standards. Methods The MEDLINE and PubMed databases were searched by investigators at two major pediatric oncology centers for existing guidelines, consensus-based reports, or standards for psychosocial care of pediatric cancer patients and their families published in peer-reviewed journals in English between 1980 and 2013. Results We located 27 articles about psychosocial care that met inclusion criteria: 5 set forth standards, 19 guidelines and 3 were consensus-based reports. None were sufficiently up-to-date, significantly evidence-based, comprehensive and specific enough to serve as a current standard for psychosocial care for children with cancer and their families. Conclusion Despite calls by a number of international pediatric oncology and psycho-oncology professional organizations about the urgency of addressing the psychosocial needs of the child with cancer in order to reduce suffering, there remains a need for development of a widely acceptable, evidence- and consensus-based, comprehensive standard of care to guide provision of essential psychosocial services to all pediatric cancer patients.

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