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Pediatrics

A Child in Pain: What Health Professionals Can Do to Help Written by Leora Kuttner, PhD, a pediatric clinical psychologist who specializes in treating children’s pain, this book is...

A Handbook for Supporters: Extending Compassion & Care to Grieving Youth This handbook is intended for volunteers and professionals who have received formalized training in the field of child and...

A Handbook for Volunteers: supporting children grieving the dying and death of a loved one The purpose of this handbook is to provide information and tools for volunteers supporting grieving children. The content...

A Really Practical Handbook of Children’s Palliative Care for Doctors and Nurses Anywhere in the World A Really Practical Handbook of Children’s Palliative Care for Doctors and Nurses Anywhere in the World offers really practical...

Achieving Pain Control in Pediatric Palliative Care A publication of the World Health Organization, this site has information on pain control for children suffering with various...

Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer: A System Performance Report A report by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) centres on adolescents and young adults with cancer and reveals...

Alleviating Pain and Suffering in Children Receiving Palliative Care This webinar is part of a pediatric pain series organized by the CIHR Team in Children’s Pain and its knowledge translation...

Basic Symptom Control in Pediatric Palliative Care: The Rainbows Children's Hospice Guidelines These guidelines include suggestions for managing the common symptoms experienced by children at end of life. The document...

Camp Erin: Bereavement Program for Youth Camp Erin is a bereavement program for youth grieving the death of a significant person in their lives. Children and teens...

Canadian Network of Palliative Care for Children A site that offers information and resources for pediatric palliative care issues.