End-of-life care for children and adolescents.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the complexities in end-of-life care of children and adolescents dying cancer-related deaths.


METHODS
Research studies, review articles, and government reports.


CONCLUSIONS
The complexities in providing competent and compassionate care to the dying child and the family is intense, undeniable, and may in some clinical situations be unavoidable.


CONCLUSIONS
It is important for all those involved with the care at the end of life for a child or adolescent dying a cancer-related death create the framework that will support the provikion of competent and compassionate end-of-life care.
Hinds
Pamela S
PS
Division of Nursing Research, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA. pam.hinds@stjude.org
Oakes
Linda L
LL
Hicks
Judith
J
Anghelescu
Doralina L
DL
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004645:Empathy; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008960:Models, Psychological; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011788:Quality of Life; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D013810:Therapeutic Equivalency