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The first of its kind, this book describes pediatric palliative care in more than 23 countries. Each region in the world is covered and countries included are both resource poor and rich. Authors are multidisciplinary and regarded nationally and internationally in their field. Clinicians, advocates, policymakers, funders, and researchers will learn how programs were developed and implemented in each country. Authors describe children for whom pediatric palliative care is needed and provided for in their country. When applicable, a brief history of pediatric palliative care is included noting especially policy changes and legislative acts. For example, the chapter on Poland describes how pediatric palliative care grew from the Catholic church into a national movement spearheaded by several health care workers. The Pole national spirit that brought them through a change in political regime has also been a driving force in the pediatric palliative care movement. The chapter on South Africa, for example, illustrates how a resource poor country has been able to leverage philanthropic and government funding to make its dream of having an infrastructure of pediatric palliative care a reality. These are just a few examples of the inspiring stories that are included in this book. Readers from countries who wish to start a pediatric palliative care program, or advance an existing program, will learn valuable lessons from others who have faced similar barriers. Introduction and concluding chapters highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the modern pediatric palliative care movement.

Palliative treatment. --- Pediatrics. --- Terminally ill children -- Care. --- Terminally ill children --- Patient Care --- Medicine --- Investigative Techniques --- Social Welfare --- Age Groups --- Sociology --- Health Occupations --- Therapeutics --- Health Services --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Persons --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services --- Named Groups --- Social Sciences --- Health Care --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Pediatrics --- Terminal Care --- Methods --- Child --- Child Welfare --- Palliative Care --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Care --- Care. --- Palliation (Medical care) --- Palliative care --- Palliative medicine --- Medicine. --- Complementary medicine. --- Maternal and child health services. --- Nursing. --- Pain medicine. --- Biomedicine. --- Biomedicine general. --- Maternal and Child Health. --- Pain Medicine. --- Complementary & Alternative Medicine. --- Critically ill children --- Terminally ill --- Children --- Death --- Maternal and infant welfare. --- Alternative medicine. --- Paediatrics --- Pediatric medicine --- Infant welfare --- Infants --- Maternity welfare --- Child welfare --- Mothers --- Women --- Maternal health services --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Clinical nursing --- Nurses and nursing --- Nursing process --- Care of the sick --- Complementary medicine --- Healing systems --- Systems, Healing --- Systems, Therapeutic --- Therapeutic systems --- Integrative medicine --- Diseases --- Health and hygiene --- Charities, protection, etc. --- Charities --- Health Workforce --- Algiatry --- Biomedicine, general.

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The first of its kind, this book describes pediatric palliative care in more than 23 countries. Each region in the world is covered and countries included are both resource poor and rich. Authors are multidisciplinary and regarded nationally and internationally in their field. Clinicians, advocates, policymakers, funders, and researchers will learn how programs were developed and implemented in each country. Authors describe children for whom pediatric palliative care is needed and provided for in their country. When applicable, a brief history of pediatric palliative care is included noting especially policy changes and legislative acts. For example, the chapter on Poland describes how pediatric palliative care grew from the Catholic church into a national movement spearheaded by several health care workers. The Pole national spirit that brought them through a change in political regime has also been a driving force in the pediatric palliative care movement. The chapter on South Africa, for example, illustrates how a resource poor country has been able to leverage philanthropic and government funding to make its dream of having an infrastructure of pediatric palliative care a reality. These are just a few examples of the inspiring stories that are included in this book. Readers from countries who wish to start a pediatric palliative care program, or advance an existing program, will learn valuable lessons from others who have faced similar barriers. Introduction and concluding chapters highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the modern pediatric palliative care movement.

Human biochemistry --- Physiotherapy. Alternative treatments --- Pharmacology. Therapy --- Paediatrics --- Nursing --- Gynaecology. Obstetrics --- medische biochemie --- farmacologie --- biochemie --- obstetrie --- pediatrie --- palliatieve zorgen --- analgesie --- pijn --- verpleegkunde --- vroedkunde --- alternatieve geneeswijzen