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Hospice Care For Children

Edited by Ann Armstrong-Dailey and Sarah Zarbock Goltzer

Hardcover, 294 pages
Published by Oxford University Press
Publication date: September 1, 1993
ISBN: 0195073126

Synopsis

A professional resource book for pediatric hospice care. Chapters by contributing authorities in the field cover practical issues that make pediatric care for dying children different from any other type of hospice work.

This book will be of use to hospice professionals, child psychologists, school-based clinicians, bereavement counselors, and other end-of-life professionals working in family settings.

Table of Contents
Contributors
Introduction
I. Issues in Clinical Management 1. Children's Understanding of Death By Kathleen W. Faulkner 2. Pain and Symptom Control By James S. Miser, Angela W. Miser 3. Psychosocial Aspects of Serious Illness in Childhood and Adolescence By Martha Blechar Gibbons 4. Neonatal Death By Cheryl Marco Naulty 5. Care for the Child with HIV Infection and AIDS By Lori Wiener, Cindy Fair, Philip A. Pizzo
II. Support Systems 6. Family Dynamics By Andrew R. Tartler 7. Caring for Bereaved Parents By J. William Worden, James R. Monahan 8. After a Child Dies: Helping the Siblings By Betty Davies 9. Lessons in Grief: A Practical Look at School Programs By Ellen Gortler 10. Role of the Primary Physician By Doris A. Howell 11. Staff Support By Bernice Catherine Harper 12. The Volunteer Component By Paul R. Brenner
III. Appendix An Early Model of Care By Julie Simpson Sligh A Home Care Program By Ida Martinson Palliative Care in an Inpatient Hospital Setting By Neil Lombardi Children's Literature on Death By Charles A. Corr
Additional Resources
Index

Children's Resources
Pediatric Hospice Care
Pediatric Pain Management
Palliative Medicine
Bereavement

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