title: Canuck place: a hospice for dying children.
abstract: Parents will never face a more stressful event than the news that their child will die. A child's terminal illness challenges every belief, emotion and dream that a parent has. In addition to the emotional drain, caring for a dying child is physically exhausting. Moreover, the child's illness affects the lives of all brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and grandparents. The care of these children and their families demands a holistic program of services, including physical and emotional support, as well as tangible ways to relieve parents from the continuous 24-hour care of their child. And after the child has died, the emotional support must continue as families learn to face life without their child.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eng
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arcand
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bhanji
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006738:Hospices / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012944:Social Support