Supporting the child and the family in paediatric palliative care. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Erica Brown ; foreword by Sheila Shribman.
• Other Names: Brown, Erica; Warr, Brian
• Contents: The historical background of paediatric palliative care / Erica Brown -- Working collaboratively / Brian Warr -- Assessment of needs and models of care / Ann Smallman -- Managing children's pain / Erica Brown -- The end of life phase of care / Erica Brown -- Administrative and practical requirements when a child dies / Brian Warr -- The child's funeral / Erica Brown -- Counselling support / Erica Brown -- The financial impact of caring / Erica Brown -- Children's developmental understanding and emotional response to death and dying / Erica Brown -- The impact of life-limiting illness on the family / Erica Brown -- Continuing bonds / Erica Brown -- Working with siblings of life-limited children / Erica Brown -- Grandparent support / Erica Brown -- Religious, cultural, secular, and spiritual aspects of care / Erica Brown -- Post mortem, organ donation, and tissue retention / Erica Brown -- The education of the life-limited child / Erica Brown -- Transition from paediatric palliative care to adult services / Erica Brown -- Acknowledging staff stress and providing support / Erica Brown -- Maintaining the quality of care / Ann Smallman -- The role of research and development in children's hospices / Erica Brown.
• Publisher Details: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: 618.920029; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying; Terminally ill children -- Care; Terminally ill children -- Medical care; Terminally ill children -- Family relationships; Palliative treatment; Palliative Care -- methods; Child; Family Health; Terminally Ill; Counselling & Advice Services; Terminal Care Nursing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846426599; 1846426596
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.