title: Palliative care: concepts, needs, and challenges: perspectives on the experience at the Children's Cancer Hospital in Egypt.
abstract: Palliative care is uprising in developing countries. The Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357 palliative care service put the main concepts in pediatric palliation in consideration while facing the challenges and needs for these children and their families. The palliative care program developed will be connected to other centers in Egypt as well as further branches of the hospital in other Egyptian cities.
authors: Psychosocial Department, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. mohammad.elshami@57357.com
authors: Mohammad
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authors: ElShami
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009313:National Health Programs; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends