HubHip: Health: Medicine: Medical Specialties: Palliative Care: Pediatric (12)

   Pediatric

• Care of the Terminally Ill Child (Site) - Information about a child's concept of death, grief, physical and psychosocial needs, supportive, and the dying process.
• Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition (Site) - Promotes family-centered care for children with life-threatening illness by reducing physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological pain for the entire family. [California]
• Royal Children's Hospital: Paediatric Palliative Care (Site) - Focus is on the dying child's quality of life, support for the family, and management of distressing symtoms. [Melbourne, Australia]
• The Hospital for Sick Children: Palliative Care (Site) - Description of services, resources, how to make difficult treatment decisions, calendar, and caring tips. [Ontario, Canda]
• Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care (Site) - Desire to enhance family centered care for children living with life threatening conditions through education, research, and quality improvement.
• Palliative Care for Children (Site) - American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement offers advice on the development of a pediatric palliative care plan.
• The Jason Program (Site) - Provides medical, emotional and spiritual care to Maine's critically ill and dying children and their families.
• End-of-Life Care for Children (Site) - An educational palliative and pain management resource for parents and health professionals who care for children suffering from pain due to cancer. [Texas]
• Children's Hospice International (Site) - Gateway for education, referrals and community resources for families coping with children that have catastrophic and terminal illnesses.
• Edmarc Hospice for Children (Site) - Offers home healthcare, hospice, and bereavement support. Material on services, the organization, and contact information. [Portsmouth, Virginia]
• ACT (Site) - Provides information to families and professionals involved in palliative care for children with life-threatening or terminal conditions. [UK]
• Hospice of Contra Costa: Comfort for Kids (Site) - Provides compassionate health care to children facing the advanced stages of life-threatening illness.