Seven Types of Uncertainty when Clinicians Care for Pediatric Patients with Advanced Cancer

Clinicians deciding whether to refer a patient or family to specialty palliative care report facing high levels of uncertainty. Most research on medical uncertainty has focused on prognostic uncertainty. As part of a pediatric palliative referral intervention for oncology teams we explored how uncertainty might influence palliative care referrals.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research