[Source: Society of Pediatric Psychology]

To map the range of multidisciplinary palliative care interventions that are
available to adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with serious illness. Methods:
Scoping review methodology as outlined by Arksey and O’Malley. Results: Twentytwo articles describing nine specific AYA-focused, multidisciplinary palliative care interventions were included in this review. Interventions focused on supporting advance care planning, facilitating treatment decision making, managing pain, and promoting resilience, psychosocial well-being, and quality of life. Interventions were delivered faceto-face and via different eHealth platforms and were targeted to AYAs with cancer, HIV/AIDS, and cystic fibrosis in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

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