From cure to palliation: managing the transition.
When a child is diagnosed with a life-threatening or life-limiting condition, their physical and affective world is immediately changed, regardless of the outcome of treatment. Pediatric care providers are in a unique position to offer hope to children and families even when cure is not possible. This hope focuses not only on cure, but incorporates the understanding that quality of life is not commensurate with length of life and that compassionate care can be provided in all stages of treatment.
Hutton
Nancy
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Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 200 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. nhutton@jhmi.edu
Jones
Barbara
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Hilden
Joanne M
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D001293:Attitude to Death; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D003142:Communication; D003289:Convalescence; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D014342:Truth Disclosure