Hospice care for children / edited by Ann Armstrong-Dailey, Sarah Zarbock Goltzer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Armstrong-Dailey, Ann.

Zarbock, Sarah F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terminally ill children--Care.

Terminally ill children.

Hospice care.

Terminally ill children--Family relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 294 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Children with life-threatening and terminal illnesses - and their families - require a unique kind of care to meet a wide variety of needs. This book provides an authoritative source for the many people involved in caring for dying children. It draws together contributions from leading authorities in a comprehensive, fully up-to-date resource, with an emphasis on practical topics that can be put to immediate use. The book covers the entire range of issues related to the hospice environment: organizational structure, clinical issues, the complementary roles of medical professionals and volunteers, the particular circumstances of neonatal and AIDS-related deaths, pain and symptom control, and bereavement support. It explains the developmental stages of children's understanding of death and offers useful advice about school programs and the helpful role of children's literature. Special consideration is given to the need to provide support to hospice staff as well as to grieving parents and surviving siblings. The book is intended for all those who participate in the hospice care process: physicians, nurses, social workers, teachers, clergy, family therapists, parents and community service volunteers

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""I: Issues in Clinical Management""; ""1. Children's Understanding of Death""; ""2. Pain and Symptom Control""; ""3. Psychosocial Aspects of Serious Illness in Childhood and Adolescence""; ""4. Neonatal Death""; ""5. Care for the Child with HIV Infection and AIDS""; ""II: Support Systems""; ""6. Family Dynamics""; ""7. Caring for Bereaved Parents""; ""8. After a Child Dies: Helping the Siblings""; ""9. Lessons in Grief: A Practical Look at School Programs""; ""10. Role of the Primary Physician""; ""11. Staff Support""

""12. The Volunteer Component"" ""III: Appendix""; ""An Early Model of Care""; ""A Home Care Program""; ""Palliative Care in an Inpatient Hospital Setting""; ""Children's Literature on Death""; ""Additional Resources""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-44143-7

9786610441433

0-19-802372-3

1-4237-3755-5

OCLC:

922952643