title: Pediatric end-of-life care: coming of age?
abstract: In the United States alone, 75,000-100,000 children die each year, and an additional one million are seriously ill with progressive medical conditions. However, very few end-of-life programs target children's special needs. Introducing support and palliative care early into a child's final journey is key to alleviating distress for both child and parent. This article reviews several programs which tackle the difficult issue of pediatric end-of-life care.
authors.affiliation: lsch340283@aol.com
authors.forename: Laura M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002648:Child; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007318:Inservice Training; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000592:standards*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D016730:Program Development; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012944:Social Support; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States