RT Book, Section
A1 Hauer, Julie
A1 Jones, Barbara L.
A1 Wolfe, Joanne
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 6722859
T1 Chapter 126. Hospice and Palliative Care
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6722859
RD 2024/04/24
AB Palliative  care  is  a  model  of  interdisciplinary  care  that  seeks  to  improve  the  quality  of  life  of  patients  and  their  families  facing  the  problems  associated  with  life-threatening  illness.  This  care  includes  the  prevention  and  relief  of  suffering  by  promptly  identifying  and  treating  pain  and  other  problems,  whether  they  are  physical,  psychosocial,  or  spiritual.1,2  To  assist  in  identifying  and  addressing  these  sources  of  suffering,  interdisciplinary  pediatric  palliative  care  teams  often  include  a  palliative  care  physician,  advanced  practice  nurse,  chaplain,  social  worker,  and  child  life  specialist.  Hospice  and  Palliative  Medicine  is  now  a  recognized  medical  subspecialty  with  trained  medical  experts.  The  preceding  chapter  (Chapter  125)  discusses  many  of  the  principles  of  communication  and  care  employed  during  hospice  and  palliative  care.  This  chapter  is  more  focused  on  the  practice  aspects  of  the  development  of  a  care  plan.