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Review
. 2011 Jun;38(2):327-61, ix.
doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2011.03.011.

Pediatric palliative care

Karen Moody  1 , Linda Siegel, Kathryn Scharbach, Leslie Cunningham, Rabbi Mollie Cantor
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Review

Pediatric palliative care

Karen Moody et al. Prim Care. 2011 Jun.

Abstract

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.

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