improving palliative and end-of-life care for children and their families : [popular summary] /
[Committee on Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine ; Marilyn J. Field and Richard E. Behrman, editors].
""This document is a brief summary of the Institute of Medicine report entitled When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children"--Cover verson.
""What is palliative care?""; ""When children need palliative care.""; ""Why it can be hard to get palliative care.""; ""We can give very ill children the palliative care they need.""; ""1. Children should have care that is focused on their needs and the needs of their families.""; ""2. Health plans should make it easier for children and families to get palliative care.""; ""3. Health care professionals should be trained to give palliative care to children.""; ""4. Researchers should find out more about what care works best.""
""We can improve palliative care for very ill children and their families.""""A word to families . . .""; ""We can improve palliative care for very ill children and their families.""
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Palliative treatment.
Terminally ill children-- Care.
Terminally ill children-- Family relationships.
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Health Policy.
Patient Participation.
Professional-Family Relations.
Terminal Care-- economics.
Terminal Care-- legislation & jurisprudence.
Terminal Care.
MEDICAL-- Terminal Care.
Palliative treatment.
Terminally ill children-- Care.
Terminally ill children-- Family relationships.
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