TY - JOUR
T1 - Pediatric Palliative Care
AU - Moody, Karen
AU - Siegel, Linda
AU - Scharbach, Kathryn
AU - Cunningham, Leslie
AU - Cantor, Rabbi Mollie
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - Progress in pediatric palliative care has gained momentum, but there remain significant barriers to the appropriate provision of palliative care to ill and dying children, including the lack of properly trained health care professionals, resources to finance such care, and scientific research, as well as a continued cultural denial of death in children. This article reviews the epidemiology of pediatric palliative care, special communication concerns, decision making, ethical and legal considerations, symptom assessment and management, psychosocial issues, provision of care across settings, end-of-life care, and bereavement. Educational and supportive resources for health care practitioners and families, respectively, are included.
AB - Progress in pediatric palliative care has gained momentum, but there remain significant barriers to the appropriate provision of palliative care to ill and dying children, including the lack of properly trained health care professionals, resources to finance such care, and scientific research, as well as a continued cultural denial of death in children. This article reviews the epidemiology of pediatric palliative care, special communication concerns, decision making, ethical and legal considerations, symptom assessment and management, psychosocial issues, provision of care across settings, end-of-life care, and bereavement. Educational and supportive resources for health care practitioners and families, respectively, are included.
KW - Advanced care planning
KW - End-of-life care
KW - Palliative care
KW - Pediatric palliative care
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pop.2011.03.011
DO - 10.1016/j.pop.2011.03.011
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21628042
AN - SCOPUS:79957629026
SN - 0095-4543
VL - 38
SP - 327
EP - 361
JO - Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice
JF - Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice
IS - 2
ER -