Issues related to providing quality pediatric palliative care in the community
Child; Humans; Pediatrics; Health; Insurance; Palliative Care/standards; Community Health Services/standards; Home Care Services/standards; Hospice Care/standards; Quality of Health Care/standards; Reimbursement
The medical practitioner in the community is in a unique position to assist children and their families from the time of diagnosis with a life-threatening condition through to the end of life. The purpose of this article is to inform medical practitioners who care for children with complex, chronic, and life-limiting conditions about pediatric palliative care in the community. It is intended as a guide to improve understanding about (1) the misconceptions and barriers surrounding the provision of care in the community for children with chronic, complex, and life-limiting conditions; (2) the availability of services for care in the community; (3) challenges concerning out-of hospital do-not-attempt-resuscitation orders for children; and (4) reimbursement issues that impact the provision of care.
2007
Carroll JM; Torkildson C; Winsness JS
Pediatric Clinics Of North America
2007
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Journal Article
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2007.06.002" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1016/j.pcl.2007.06.002</a>
Psychosocial and spiritual needs of children living with a life-limiting illness
Child; Humans; Health Services Needs and Demand; Interdisciplinary Communication; Expressed Emotion; Activities of Daily Living; Spirituality; Sibling Relations; Psychology; patient care team; Chronic disease; social support; Palliative Care/methods; Pain/psychology/therapy
Quality end-of-life care includes the management of distressing symptoms; provisions of care, including the assessment and management of psychosocial and spiritual needs; and respite from diagnosis through death and bereavement. Meeting the palliative care goal of improved quality of life depends on medical and nursing practitioners understatnding and effectively assessing psychosocial symptoms.
2007
McSherry M; Kehoe K; Carroll JM; Kang T; Rourke MT
Pediatric Clinics Of North America
2007
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Journal Article
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2007.08.002" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1016/j.pcl.2007.08.002</a>