RT Book, Section
A1 Liaw, Shih-Ning
A1 Jones, Barbara L.
A1 Hauer, Julie
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182927851
T1 Palliative and Hospice Care for Children
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182927851
RD 2024/04/23
AB Palliative  care  is  a  model  of  interprofessional  care  that  seeks  to  improve  the  quality  of  life  of  patients  with  serious  illnesses  and  their  families.  This  care  includes  the  prevention  and  relief  of  suffering  by  promptly  identifying  and  treating  pain  and  other  sources  of  distress,  whether  they  are  physical,  psychosocial,  or  spiritual.  Pediatric  palliative  care  teams  may  include  clinicians  from  a  variety  of  professional  backgrounds,  including  physicians,  nurses,  social  workers,  chaplains,  and  child  life  specialists.  While  hospice  care  in  the  United  States  represents  a  service  delivery  model  for  patients  nearing  the  end  of  life,  palliative  care  can  provide  longitudinal  support  throughout  a  patient’s  life.  Hospice  and  Palliative  Medicine  is  a  recognized  medical  subspecialty  with  board  certification  and  accredited  fellowship  training  programs,  and  pediatric  palliative  care  programs  are  in  various  stages  of  development  throughout  the  country.  Palliative  care  for  children  with  serious  illness  encompasses  a  broad  range  of  approaches  and  interventions  with  variances  depending  on  individual  patient  circumstances.  However,  certain  goals  and  functions  of  palliative  care  remain  common  regardless  of  specific  illness  or  disease  trajectory.  This  chapter  is  focused  on  providing  a  general  overview  of  palliative  care  through  describing  one  of  its  primary  functions,  which  is  the  development  of  a  care  plan.