Perspectives on Palliative Care for Children and Young People

A Global Discourse

Rita Pfund, Susan Kerry-Fowler (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

348 Seiten

2010
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-84619-333-0 (ISBN)

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Advances in medical science and technology are saving the lives of more children worldwide than ever. Some survive and live out a normal life expectancy, others have a life-limiting/life-threatening diagnosis where death may come early, and still others will live on well past projected life trajectories into adulthood. With so many different care pathways, children, parents and communities often find themselves facing challenges for which neither they nor their healthcare systems are prepared. This book opens a global discussion of these issues. Extending Rita Pfund's text Palliative Care Nursing of Children and Young People, it invites paediatric palliative care professionals, parents and children from around the globe to share their knowledge and experience. This book is of vital interest to palliative care professionals, parents, policy makers and academics. It is an important move towards ensuring that all children and their families, regardless of geographical location, gender, ethnicity or socio-economic class have equal and guaranteed access to comprehensive paediatric palliative care services.

Respectively lecturer (Child Health) at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, University of Nottingham, UK; Professor at the College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Section 1: A Global overview. Section 2: Focusing on families — hearing the evidence. Section 3: Minimizing Crisis Points in Paediatric Palliative Care. Section 4: Supporting transitions. Section 5: Evidence / knowledge transfer into practice.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.3.2010
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	703 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Palliativmedizin
ISBN-10	1-84619-333-8 / 1846193338
ISBN-13	978-1-84619-333-0 / 9781846193330
Zustand	Neuware