"It Is a Whole Different Life from the Life I Used to Live": Assessing Parents' Support Needs in Paediatric Palliative Care.
Samar M AounRoswitha StegmannRenee DeleuilSuzanne MomberLisa CuddefordMarianne B PhillipsMaureen E LyonFenella J GillPublished in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Parents appreciated the value of this systematic approach in engaging them in conversations about their needs and solutions to address them. While clinical service support was affirmed by parents, they were left wanting in other areas of practical, psychosocial, and emotional support. Palliative care services need to build stronger partnerships with supportive community networks through compassionate communities volunteer models of care to address the non-clinical needs of these families.