- Description
A comprehensive book defining the increasingly important and evolving specialty – Pediatric Palliative Care.
Explores the clinical aspects as well as the multidimensional, holistic nature of caring for children with life-limiting illness.
Addresses a wide range of topics, including the goals of care, home care services, symptom management, challenges in adolescent populations, end-of-life care, and the emotional, social, cultural, and spiritual needs of ill children and their families.
Inclusion of a dedicated topic for medications used in pediatric palliative care.
Additional feature is the reflections on the experience of the 2 parents who had lost their children to the illness.
Tables and flow charts for easy reading and understanding.
Written by authors who are palliative care specialists from a variety of fields such as medical, nursing, social work, psychology, and NGOs involved in pediatric palliative care.
Suited for undergraduate, postgraduate medical students, pediatricians, pediatric sub-specialists, nurses, medical social workers, counselors, palliative care, and hospice providers.
An essential resource for anyone who works with a child having chronic or life-limiting illness.
