Psychosocial and spiritual needs of children living with a life-limiting illness.
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.
McSherry
Mary
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The Pediatric Advanced Care Team, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Kehoe
Kathy
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Carroll
Jean M
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Kang
Tammy I
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Rourke
Mary T
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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