title: Policies designed to enhance the quality of life of children with cancer at the end-of-life.
abstract: This study evaluated preventive intervention designed to enhance the quality of life of children with cancer at the end-of-life, based on a theoretical model of crises denoted as the Perceived Personal Control Crisis Model. Preventive intervention on the Social Action level consists of introducing policies and services in the pediatric hemato-oncology department designed to enhance the quality of life of children with cancer at the end-of-life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Hematology, Rambam Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. tadmorc@tx.technion.ac.il
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Tadmor
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Postovsky
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elhasid
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben Barak
authors.forename: M Ben Weyl
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Arush
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D001601:Bereavement; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology; D003142:Communication; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D003657:Decision Making; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D016522:Oncology Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010166:Palliative Care; D010290:Parents; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011788:Quality of Life; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards