Effectiveness of an Educational Workshop on Palliative Care Knowledge in Lebanese Nurses.

Background: Lebanon is one of the world's smallest countries, with an area of 10,452 square kilometers. Life expectancy in Lebanon presently stands at about 76.6 years for men and 79.

Facilitating and hindering factors for coping with the experience of having a child with cancer: A Lebanese perspective.

Background: Families with a child with cancer face significant emotional and psychosocial stressors. The frequency of childhood cancer is increasing in Lebanon with more than 282 children diagnosed each year. This condition is reported to evoke a range of challenging emotions for parents, yet no studies have been conducted on the facilitating and hindering factors that affect Lebanese parents coping with a child with cancer.

Quality of palliative care in children with cancer in Lebanon.

Objective: There is a growing research interest in pediatric palliative care in Lebanon. To date the existing studies have focused on the perspective of parents of children with cancer. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of life (QoL), symptom prevalence and management, functional ability, and the quality of care among children with cancer at the Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon.

Lebanese parents' experiences with a child with cancer.

Background: The impact of childhood cancer on the family has been studied in different cultures and continues to be an object of study and concern, In Lebanon, a country of 4 million people 282 new pediatric cases of cancer age <20 years diagnosed in 2004 were reported in 2008.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of Lebanese families living with a child with cancer.

Method: The study followed purposeful sampling in which 12 parents (mother or father) of a child with cancer were interviewed.

Palliative care education in Lebanon: past endeavors and future outlook.

Within the framework of medical and nursing education, formal attention to training in palliative care (PC) continues to be overlooked by the majority of training programs. PC is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an "approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness..