Care of the Dying Child

This volume considers the specific medical, psycho-social and practical issues involved in caring for children dying from chronic diseases. It confronts the problems surrounding this emotive issue in order to help paediatricians and other clinicians provide the best possible care.

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This volume considers the specific medical, psycho-social and practical issues involved in caring for children dying from chronic diseases. The author, a consultant paediatrician in palliative care at the Hospital for Sick Children, London, recognizes the special needs of terminally ill children and their families. She confronts the problems and issues surrounding this emotive subject in order to help paediatricians and other professionals provide the very best possible care for such patients. A range of contributors experienced in palliative care for children provide comprehensive coverage of the subject including: consideration of the magnitude of the problem and the provision of services; pain control symptom management; family support and communication with children; spiritual issues; bereavement; and stress.