Sandra Coombs

Biographic Data

ID7111130
NAMESandra Coombs
GIVEN NAMESSandra
FAMILY NAMECoombs
SIGNATURECOOMBS S
AFFILIATIONSChildren's Hospital at Westmead
ORCID0000-0002-6128-9528
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Actual and Preferred Location of Death for Children Known to a Palliative Care Service

    Open AccessVictoria Sun, Sandra Coombs et al.ARTICLEOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying2026

    This study aimed to establish the frequency and congruence between preferred and actual locations of expected pediatric deaths and to identify associated factors. A retrospective review of death review forms and medical records was conducted in two pediatric palliative care services in Sydney, Australia, involving 486 patients who died between January 2017 and May 2024). Hospital was the most common LOD (49.8%), then home (28.4%) and hospice (21.…

  • Biography Writing in the Pediatric Palliative Care Context

    Open AccessSarah Potter, Sandra Coombs et al.ARTICLEChildren2024

    Biography writing is a potentially valuable approach for use with pediatric palliative care patients and their families, with the Story Project being one example of such an intervention, with promising early feasibility data

  • Factors Associated With the Location of Expected Pediatric Deaths in the Palliative Care Context

    Open AccessSandra Coombs, Phillip Aouad et al.ARTICLEOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying2020

    Early planning and knowing which factors to consider when planning the location of death (LOD) of a palliative child, may help minimize the burden of hasty decision-making in the future, and may provide families with a sense of control. The current paper reviewed which factors were associated with pediatric LOD and further considered some emerging factors that should are important to better facilitate integrative planning. Three overarching areas…