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Pediatric Palliative Care
The Time Has Come
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156:9-10.
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WE ARE RIDING on the crest of miraculous advances in the diagnosis and
treatment of numerous diseases and debilitating conditions. Pediatric health
care providers are caught up in the wider culture of the expectation that
with enough research, testing, and treatment, we should be able to effectively
cure or control the health problems of the children for whom we care. Even
for diagnoses known to be life limiting, the assumed goal of medical care
remains curative in intent. This expectation, and our determination as health
care professionals to provide the best care for our patients, has led unintentionally
to our denial that death is in fact the ultimate outcome for many. Superspecialized
tertiary and quaternary care often blinds us from noticing that, sometimes,
the child for whom we care is dying. This sacred moment can be swept away
in the undertow of high technology. Contro et al1
help us regain . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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