title: Psychosocial and spiritual needs of children living with a life-limiting illness.
abstract: Quality end-of-life care includes the management of distressing symptoms; provisions of care, including the assessment and management of psychosocial and spiritual needs; and respite from diagnosis through death and bereavement. Meeting the palliative care goal of improved quality of life depends on medical and nursing practitioners understatnding and effectively assessing psychosocial symptoms.
authors.affiliation: The Pediatric Advanced Care Team, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McSherry
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kehoe
authors.forename: Jean M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: Tammy I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Mary T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Rourke
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011584:Psychology; D012801:Sibling Relations; D012944:Social Support; D029181:Spirituality