Palliative care for infants, children, and adolescents
Subtitle: a practical handbook
By: edited by Brian S. Carter and Marcia Levetown ; foreword by Kathleen M. Foley.
Contributors: Carter, Brian S., 1957-; Levetown, Marcia, 1960-
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
Subjects: Palliative Care -- methods -- Adolescent; Palliative Care -- methods -- Child; Palliative Care -- methods -- Infant; Terminal Care -- methods -- Adolescent; Terminal Care -- methods -- Child; Terminal Care -- methods -- Infant; Chronic Disease -- Adolescent; Chronic Disease -- Child; Chronic Disease -- Infant
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology and health services research / Chris Feudtner and Stephen R. Connor; title: Goals, values, and conflict resolution / Carson Strong ... [et al.]; title: Barriers, education, and advocacy in palliative care / Joel Frader ... [et al.]; title: Decision making in pediatric palliative care / Yarrow McConnell, Gerri Frager, and Marcia Levetown; title: Communication at the end of life / Ross M. Hays ... [et al.]; title: Psychosocial and spiritual needs of the child and family / Stacy Orloff ... [et al.]; title: Holistic management of symptoms / Richard Hain ... [et al.]; title: Bereavement / Betty Davies ... [et al.]; title: The other side of caring: caregiver suffering / Cynda H. Rushton; title: The high-risk newborn / Suzanne Toce ... [et al.]; title: Palliative care in the pediatric intensive care unit / Marcia Levetown, Stephen Liben, and Marylene Audet; title: Palliative care in the home, school, and community / Bruce P. Himelstein ... [et al.]; title: The child with a genetic condition / Sara Perszyk and Anthony Perszyk; title: The child with HIV infection / Brian S. Carter ... [et al.]; title: Children and adolescents with cancer / Joanne M. Hilden ... [et al.].