Decision-Making in the Era of New Medical Technologies in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology: The Death of Palliative Care?

Discussion: Although health care providers individually envisioned that palliative care may be the best course of action for patients receiving emergent therapy, they remained collectively in the curative mode. The intricate relationship between science, hope, caregiver, and care receiver sustains this perspective even when (near) death is the probable outcome. When proven treatment fails, emerging therapeutic possibilities offer new hope that can delay the referral to the palliative care team.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology - Category: Hematology Tags: Medical Progress Source Type: research