Supporting the child and the family in paediatric palliative care
By: Erica Brown with Brian Warr.
Contributors: Warr, Brian.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781843101819
Subjects: Terminally ill children -- Care; Terminally ill children -- Medical care; Terminally ill children -- Family relationships; Palliative treatment; Palliative Care -- methods; Child; Family Health; Terminally Ill
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The historical background of paediatric palliative care / Erica Brown; title: Working collaboratively / Brian Warr; title: Assessment of needs and models of care / Ann Smallman; title: Managing children's pain / Erica Brown; title: The end of life phase of care / Erica Brown; title: Administrative and practical requirements when a child dies / Brian Warr; title: The child's funeral / Erica Brown; title: Counselling support / Erica Brown; title: The financial impact of caring / Erica Brown; title: Children's developmental understanding and emotional response to death and dying / Erica Brown; title: The impact of life-limiting illness on the family / Erica Brown; title: Continuing bonds / Erica Brown; title: Working with siblings of life-limited children / Erica Brown; title: Grandparent support / Erica Brown; title: Religious, cultural, secular, and spiritual aspects of care / Erica Brown; title: Post mortem, organ donation, and tissue retention / Erica Brown; title: The education of the life-limited child / Erica Brown; title: Transition from paediatric palliative care to adult services / Erica Brown; title: Acknowledging staff stress and providing support / Erica Brown; title: Maintaining the quality of care / Ann Smallman; title: The role of research and development in children's hospices / Erica Brown.