Implementation of a palliative care team in a pediatric hospital.
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.
Hubble
Rosemary A
RA
Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA. rhubble@cmh.edu
Ward-Smith
Peggy
P
Christenson
Kathy
K
Hutto
C J
CJ
Korphage
Rebecca M
RM
Hubble
Christopher L
CL
D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care; D010348:Patient Care Team