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33: Palliative Care
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Published:May 2023
Jennifer A. Jewell, MD, MS, FAAP, Victoria Johnson, DO, FAAP, "Palliative Care", Caring for the Hospitalized Child: A Handbook of Inpatient Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Hospital Medicine, Jeffrey C. Gershel, MD, FAAP, Daniel A. Rauch, MD, FAAP, SFHM
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Pediatric palliative care (PPC) offers physical, emotional, psychological, social, and spiritual support to children with serious illnesses. The emphasis of PPC is to maximize quality of life and goal-concordant decision-making through interdisciplinary collaboration to address the burden of pain and suffering. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that PPC be instituted from the time of diagnosis of a life-threatening or serious illness and be continued throughout all subsequent phases of therapy, regardless of whether the expected outcome is cure, life extension, comfort, or care.
The growing population of children with medical complexity, many with life-threatening conditions requiring multiple hospitalizations, provides...
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