Benefits of Early Referral to Pediatric Palliative Care for a Child With a Rare Disease

Benefits of Early Referral to Pediatric Palliative Care for a Child With a Rare Disease

Vadeboncoeur C; McHardy M

Pediatrics

2018

Palliative Care; Decision Making; Intensive Care Units; Referral and Consultation; Mutation; Child; Male; Pain Management; Intellectual Disability; Health Education; Parental Attitudes; Pediatric; Pediatric Care; Connective Tissue Diseases Diagnosis; Connective Tissue Diseases Familial and Genetic In Infancy and Childhood; Connective Tissue Diseases Symptoms; Connective Tissue Diseases Therapy In Infancy and Childhood; Dyspnea Drug Therapy; Face Pathology; Family Education; Fibrosis; Morphine Therapeutic Use; Clinical; Muscle; Skeletal Abnormalities

The article outlines the benefits of palliative care supporting the child and family with attention to individualized symptom management, improved communication, and support making difficult decisions. Topics mentioned include the research program Care4Rare at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, the importance of finding a name or a genetic difference or a cause for future family planning, and the role of morphine for symptom management.

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