Pediatric palliative care.
Pediatric medicine is moving toward a greater appreciation that the delivery of quality medical care involves a partnership including the health care team, the child, and the family. Pediatric medicine now emphasizes the importance of information exchange among these groups. This paper discusses two models for communicating with children and their families throughout a complex life-threatening illness. Both models serve as a framework for integrating the medical and nonmedical aspects of the illness experience.
Weidner
Norbert J
NJ
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, ML 2001, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA. norbert.weidner@cchmc.org
D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations