title: Tele-practice guidelines for the symptom management of children undergoing cancer treatment.
abstract: The provision of tele-practice symptom management is often without the provision of evidence-based guidelines. Under the auspices of the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario, a nursing task force was established to appraise the evidence and develop guidelines. Promising new efforts to enhance symptom management through tele-practice are emerging. Seven guidelines and one documentation tool were created from evidence compiled from case reports, clinical examples, and nonexperimental studies. The symptom management guidelines contribute to the paucity of literature and may serve as a useful resource for health professionals providing telephone advice and conducting tele-practice symptom management assessments.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Policy, Columbia University, New York City, New York 10032, USA. at2704@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Argerie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsimicalis
authors.forename: Mary Jo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: De Courcy
authors.forename: Bruna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Di Monte
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: Patti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bambury
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Constantin
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dagelman
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eves
authors.forename: Patty
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Honeyford
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stregger
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*