TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Palliative and Hospice Care for Children A1 - Liaw, Shih-Ning A1 - Jones, Barbara L. A1 - Hauer, Julie A2 - Kline, Mark W. PY - 2018 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e 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. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182927851 ER -