Breaking Down Barriers to End-of-Life Care for Children

December 3, 2007

The death of a child is devastating for all concerned — parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, even the child’s doctor.

Complicating matters, even though more than 55,000 children die every year in the United States, palliative care — which focuses on the pain, symptoms and stress of life-threatening illness — isn’t widely available for those youngsters. (HealthDay)