When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End-Of-Life Care for Children and Their Families

Author(s) Marilyn Field & Richard Behrman (Eds.)
Publisher Joseph Henry Press
Year 2003
Description This report from the Institute of Medicine discusses ways in which health care professionals can provide better care to dying children and their families. The focus is on palliative care to relieve the child's pain and anxiety as well as end-of-life care that helps the whole family to prepare for an anticipated death.

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