Palliative Care
Our Services
Pediatric Inpatient Consultation
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The pediatric palliative care team serves children
who are hospitalized or who receive outpatient treatment at Golisano
Children’s Hospital at Strong. Like the
adult program, pediatric palliative care can be provided
alongside
the active treatment of a patient’s underlying illness.
In a recently established division of the Strong Health
Palliative Care Program, the pediatric team focuses on
issues that are unique to infants, children, and adolescents.
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Goals of Pediatric Inpatient Consultation
- Help with pain and severe discomfort requiring symptom management
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Provide guidance to the pediatrician and family in relieving
physical, emotional, social, and spiritual pain in the child
and adolescent
with a life-threatening illness
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Help the pediatric staff, child, and family with the transition
to end-of-life care.
- Support families who are grieving
The pediatric team includes a rotating group of pediatricians,
pediatric nurse practitioners, and pediatric social workers
who work closely with members of the Strong Health Palliative
Care
Program team of chaplains, psychiatrists, ethicists, and other
palliative care physicians and nurse practitioners.
Helpful Resources
- American Academy of Pediatrics – Committee on Hospital
Care. Palliative Care For Children. Pediatrics 106:351-7, 2000.
A librarian
can help you locate this periodical.
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Chaffee S. Pediatric palliative care. Primary Care: Clinics
in Office Practice 28(2):365-90, 2001. A librarian can help
you locate this periodical.
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