Important Aspects Influencing Delivery of Serious News in Pediatric Oncology: A Scoping Review

Delivering serious news presents a major challenge for clinical practice in pediatric oncology due to the complexity of the communication process and a number of aspects that influence how the serious news is delivered and received. This study aims to review and explore the aspects influencing the d...

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Main Authors: Lucie Hrdlickova, Kristyna Polakova, Martin Loucka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Children
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/166
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spelling doaj-3b3c8e3a2bd1454c9c4cf65e31ffa8d42021-04-02T21:36:40ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672021-02-01816616610.3390/children8020166Important Aspects Influencing Delivery of Serious News in Pediatric Oncology: A Scoping ReviewLucie Hrdlickova0Kristyna Polakova1Martin Loucka2Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Motol, 156 00 Prague, Czech RepublicCenter for Palliative Care, 101 00 Prague, Czech RepublicCenter for Palliative Care, 101 00 Prague, Czech RepublicDelivering serious news presents a major challenge for clinical practice in pediatric oncology due to the complexity of the communication process and a number of aspects that influence how the serious news is delivered and received. This study aims to review and explore the aspects influencing the delivery of serious news in pediatric oncology from the perspective of physicians, parents, siblings and patients themselves. The MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Library, PsycInfo and Medvik databases were systematically searched for relevant articles published from 1990 to 2017. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines, 36 original papers were included. Identified aspects of communication were categorized into six thematic groups: initial setting, physician’s approach, information exchange, parental role, illness related aspects and age of the ill child. The importance of the aspects is perceived differently by parents, patients, siblings and physicians. This scoping review highlights that delivering serious news requires an individualized approach towards the patient and the family. Ten key objectives built upon the results of the literature review offer guidance for daily clinical practice in communication with pediatric patients and their families.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/166communicationserious newspediatric oncology
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Important Aspects Influencing Delivery of Serious News in Pediatric Oncology: A Scoping Review
Children
communication
serious news
pediatric oncology
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Kristyna Polakova
Martin Loucka
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title Important Aspects Influencing Delivery of Serious News in Pediatric Oncology: A Scoping Review
title_short Important Aspects Influencing Delivery of Serious News in Pediatric Oncology: A Scoping Review
title_full Important Aspects Influencing Delivery of Serious News in Pediatric Oncology: A Scoping Review
title_fullStr Important Aspects Influencing Delivery of Serious News in Pediatric Oncology: A Scoping Review
title_full_unstemmed Important Aspects Influencing Delivery of Serious News in Pediatric Oncology: A Scoping Review
title_sort important aspects influencing delivery of serious news in pediatric oncology: a scoping review
publisher MDPI AG
series Children
issn 2227-9067
publishDate 2021-02-01
description Delivering serious news presents a major challenge for clinical practice in pediatric oncology due to the complexity of the communication process and a number of aspects that influence how the serious news is delivered and received. This study aims to review and explore the aspects influencing the delivery of serious news in pediatric oncology from the perspective of physicians, parents, siblings and patients themselves. The MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Library, PsycInfo and Medvik databases were systematically searched for relevant articles published from 1990 to 2017. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines, 36 original papers were included. Identified aspects of communication were categorized into six thematic groups: initial setting, physician’s approach, information exchange, parental role, illness related aspects and age of the ill child. The importance of the aspects is perceived differently by parents, patients, siblings and physicians. This scoping review highlights that delivering serious news requires an individualized approach towards the patient and the family. Ten key objectives built upon the results of the literature review offer guidance for daily clinical practice in communication with pediatric patients and their families.
topic communication
serious news
pediatric oncology
url https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/166
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