Hospice Care for Children

Foreword Everett Koop Preface Ann Armstrong-Dailey PART I: ISSUES OF CLINICAL MANAGEMENT 1. Children's Understanding of Death, Kathleen W. Faulkner 2. Pain and Symptom Control, James Miser and Angela Miser 3. Psychosocial Aspects of Serious Illness in Childhood and Adolescence, Martha Blecar Gibbons 4. Neonatal Death, Cheryl Marco Naulty 5. Care for the Child with HIV Infection and AIDS, Lori Wiener, Cindy Fari, Philip Pizzo PART II: SUPPORT SYSTEMS 6. Family Dynamics, Andrew R. Tartler 7. Caring for Bereaved Parents, J. William Worden and James Monahan 8. After a Child Dies: Helping the Siblings, Betty Davies 9. Lessons in Grief: A Practical Look at School Programs, Ellen Gortler 10. Role of the Primary Physician, Doris Howell 11. Staff Support, Bernice Catherine Harper 12. The Volunteer Component, Paul R. Brenner PART III: MODELS OF CARE An Early Model of Care, Julie Simpson Sligh A Home Care Program, Ida Martinson Palliative Care in an Inpatient Setting, Neil Lombardi APPENDIX Children's Literature on Death, Charles A. Corr