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

Armstrong-Dailey, Ann. (Added Author). Goltzer, Sarah Zarbock. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0195073126 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: xvi, 294 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Issues in clinical management. Children's understanding of death / Kathleen W. Faulkner -- Pain and symptom control / James S. Miser and Angela W. Miser -- Psychosocial aspects of serious illness in childhood and adolescence / Martha Blechar Gibbons -- Neonatal death / Cheryl Marco Naulty -- Care for the child with HIV infection and AIDS / Lori Wiener, Cindy Fair, and Philip A. Pizzo -- Support systems. Family dynamics / Andrew R. Tartler -- Caring for bereaved parents / J. William Worden and James R. Monahan -- After a child dies : helping the siblings / Betty Davies -- Lessons in grief : a practical look at school programs / Ellen Gortler -- Role of the primary physician / Doris A. Howell -- Staff support / Bernice Catherine Harper -- The volunteer component / Paul R. Brenner -- Appendix. An early model of care / Julie Simpson Sligh -- A home care program / Ida Martinson -- Palliative care in an inpatient hospital setting / Neil Lombardi -- Children's literature on death / Charles A. Corr.