Interdisciplinary Pediatric Palliative Care

ISBN-13: 9780190090012 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 624 str.

Joanne Wolfe; Pamela S. Hinds; Barbara M. Sourkes

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Interdisciplinary Pediatric Palliative Care provides a uniquely integrated, comprehensive resource about palliative care for seriously ill children and their families. This second edition is founded on a wealth of evidence that reflects the innovations in pediatric palliative care science over the past 10 years, including initiatives in clinical care, research, and education. It is appropriate for all pediatric palliative clinicians (PPC), includingphysicians, nurses, psychosocial clinicians, chaplains, and many others. All subspecialists who deliver care to seriously ill children, will find this book a must-have for their work.

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Dr. Joanne Wolfe is the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Palliative Care in the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and the Director of Palliative Care at Boston Children's Hospital (BCH) and is a Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. In addition to providing clinical pediatric palliative care, Dr. Wolfe directs a research program focusing on easing suffering and promoting wellbeing in seriously ill children and their families and co-directs the Pediatric Palliative Care Research Network. Dr. Pamela S. Hinds is the Executive Director of the Department of Nursing Science, Professional Practice, and Quality, the William and Joanne Conway Endowed Chair in Nursing Research, and the Research Integrity Officer at Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C., and a Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D. C. She is adjunct professor for the University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing, the University of Maryland, College of Nursing, and the Fudan University of Shanghai, China. Barbara M. Sourkes is Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care) and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (by courtesy of the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital) at Stanford University. She has been the Kriewall-Haehl Director of the Palliative Care Program since 2001.