Pediatric Palliative Care and Bereavement (Essay Sample)

Pediatric Palliative Care and Bereavement
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Pediatric Palliative Care and Bereavement
Purpose
Pediatric Hospice Palliative Care is the holistic and active strategy of care, which emphasizes on relieving psychological, social, physical, and spiritual grief that children and families experience when they face chronic and life-threatening illnesses. It helps the children and families in fulfilling their social, spiritual, physical, and psychological goals. The philosophical framework of the Pediatric Hospice Palliative Care provides an ideal and ample quality of life as they sustain hope, courage, and cement family connection regardless of the imminent death of a loved one (Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, 2006). Mainly, Pediatric palliative care focuses on providing comprehensive and in-depth care for both the children and the families as they experience grief that accompanies the duration through illness, death and the moments of despair.