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Palliative Care in the Pediatric ICU: Challenges and Opportunities for Family-Centered Practice

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: The culture of pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) is focused on curative or life-prolonging treatments for seriously ill children. We present empirically-based approaches to family-centered palliative care that can be applied in PICUs. Palliative care in these settings is framed by larger issues related to the context of care in PICUs, the stressors experienced by families, and challenges to palliative care philosophy within this environment. Innovations from research on family-centered communication practices in adult ICU settings provide a framework for development of palliative care in PICUs and suggest avenues for social work support of critically ill children and their families.

Source: Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care

DOI: 10.1080/15524256.2012.732461

Authors: Ardith Doorenbos, Taryn Lindhorst, Helene Starks, Eugene Aisenberg, J. Randall Curtis, Ross Hays

Institutions: University of Washington, Seattle Children's Research Institute

Language: English

Topic: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute of Nursing Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development