title: End-of-life care for children and adolescents.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nursing Research, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA. pam.hinds@stjude.org
authors.forename: Pamela S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Hinds
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Oakes
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.forename: Doralina L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Anghelescu
mesh_terms: 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