Palliative care for children. International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement.
The International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement recognizes the wide variation of attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours pertaining to childhood death, dying, and bereavement. The purpose of this statement is, therefore, to identify a set of assumptions which can serve as guidelines, across cultures, in the care of children with terminal illness and their families.
D001293:Attitude to Death; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D016638:Critical Illness; D005192:Family Health; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States