Integrating palliative and curative approaches in the care of children with life-threatening illnesses

Integrating palliative and curative approaches in the care of children with life-threatening illnesses

Goldman A; Heller KS

Journal Of Palliative Medicine

2000

Child; Palliative Care; Terminal Care; Life Support Care; Palliative treatment

Dr. Ann Goldman, a palliative care specialist and pediatric oncologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, England, describes the pediatric palliative care program she initiated there 14 years ago. Fully integrated within the pediatric oncology-hematology department, the pediatric palliative care team at Great Ormond Street Hospital works with a child and family, from the time of diagnosis throughout the disease trajectory, to manage symptoms and provide a range of supportive services in coordination with local care providers after the child is discharged from the hospital. Dr. Goldman's program has inspired pediatric palliative care initiatives in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, and other parts of the world. In the following interview, with Innocations associate editor Karen S. Heller, Dr. Goldman explains how her program developed and what new efforts are underway in England to improve pediatric palliative care. This interview is excerpted from a thematic issue, "Pediatric Palliative Care," Vol. 2, No. 3, 2000 of the online journal Innovations in End-of-Life Care at http://www.edc.org/lastacts/

2000

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