title: Implementation of a palliative care team in a pediatric hospital.
abstract: Recommendations for best practice from the American Academy of Pediatrics include the availability of palliative care for children with life-threatening or life-limiting health care conditions. The uniqueness of the both the pediatric population and a pediatric health care setting requires changing the culture that previously has provided only curative or hospice care to these individuals. Methods to provide palliative care alongside of treatment and coordination of these efforts must be multidisciplinary and include family members.
authors.affiliation: Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA. rhubble@cmh.edu
authors.forename: Rosemary A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hubble
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ward-Smith
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Christenson
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Hutto
authors.forename: Rebecca M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Korphage
authors.forename: Christopher L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hubble
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care; D010348:Patient Care Team