Social Work Practice in Pediatric Palliative and End-Of-Life Care

<p>As an essential and emerging practice Pediatric palliative care seeks to prevent and relieve suffering for children with life-threatening conditions. Palliative care teams are composed of providers of various disciplines including social workers who collaborate to address the medical social-emotional and spiritual needs of the child and their families. Social workers are especially accustomed to interdisciplinary care and may counsel provide resources facilitate communication and promote person- and family-centered practices that are the basis of effective pediatric palliative care. This book presents practice strategies experiential knowledge and research related to practicing in─collaborative teams ICU settings and hospice. It also presents research that is informed by the perceptions and perspectives of bereaved parents parents who have suffered a stillbirth and parent caregivers of children with life-limiting illness. This book highlights the unique role social workers play within care teams and in relationship with children who have life-limiting illness and their families.</p><p>This book was originally published as a special issue of the <i>Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care</i>.</p>