End of life care for infants, children, and young people with life-limiting conditions planning and management : full guideline
This guideline covers the physical, emotional, social and spiritual elements of end of life care, and focuses on improving the child or young person's quality of life and supporting their family and carers. There are, for instance, recommendations on managing distressing symptoms and providing...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
2016, December 2016
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| Series: | NICE guideline: methods, evidence, and recommendations
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| Collection: | National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This guideline covers the physical, emotional, social and spiritual elements of end of life care, and focuses on improving the child or young person's quality of life and supporting their family and carers. There are, for instance, recommendations on managing distressing symptoms and providing care and bereavement support after death. Recommendations have also been made about how services should be delivered. The guideline is aimed at all providers of paediatric end of life care, whatever their level of practise, and also for children and young people with life-limiting conditions and their parents or carers. The guideline covers children and young people with a life-limiting condition. It does not make recommendations for children or young people who die suddenly and unexpectedly (for example due to accidental death) |
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| Item Description: | "Final version." |
| Physical Description: | 1 PDF file (460 pages) illustrations |