Palliative care for children is not about dying; rather, it is about helping children and families to live to their fullest and to restore wholeness while facing complex medical conditions. Family centered pediatric palliative care is the art and science of improving quality of life and attending to suffering for children with life-threatening conditions; the basic principles are presented and discussed in this article.
aPalliative Care, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 9000 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
bDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Palliative Care, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 9000 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53201
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