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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780133403321

Titolo

When children die [[electronic resource] ] : improving palliative and end-of-life care for children and their families / / Committee on Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families, Board on Health Sciences Policy ; Marilyn J. Field and Richard E. Behrman, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2003

ISBN

0-309-16947-X

1-280-18370-5

9786610183708

0-309-50215-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (712 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FieldMarilyn J (Marilyn Jane)

BehrmanRichard E. <1931->

Disciplina

362.1/75/083

Soggetti

Terminally ill children - Care

Terminally ill children - Family relationships

Palliative treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Reviewers""; ""Summary""; ""Introduction""; ""Patterns of Childhood Death in America""; ""Pathways to a Child�s Death""; ""Communication, Goal Setting, and Care Planning""; ""Care and Caring from Diagnosis Through Death and Bereavement""; ""Providing, Organizing, and Improving Care""; ""Financing of Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families""; ""Ethical and Legal Issues""; ""Educating Health Care Professionals""; ""Directions for Research""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Study Origins and Activities""

""Appendix B Prognostication Scores""""Appendix C Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in End-of-Life Care for Children and Adolescents""; ""Appendix D Cultural Dimensions of Care at Life�s End for Children and Their Families""; ""Appendix E Bereavement Experiences after the Death of a Child""; ""Appendix F End-of-Life Care



in Emergency Medical Services for Children""; ""Appendix G Education in Pediatric Palliative Care""; ""Appendix H Progress in Pediatric Palliative Care in New York State�A Demonstration Project""; ""Appendix I Committee Biographical Statements""; ""Index""