Hospice Care in India—A Pediatrician's Perspective

Hospice care plays a vital role in providing compassionate and holistic support to terminally ill patients and their families. While hospice care has gained recognition and acceptance globally, its implementation and understanding in the context of pediatric patients in India remain limited. This ar...

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Autores principales: Nair, Manjusha, Ghoshal, Arun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2023
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10691903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38047051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1771407
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description Hospice care plays a vital role in providing compassionate and holistic support to terminally ill patients and their families. While hospice care has gained recognition and acceptance globally, its implementation and understanding in the context of pediatric patients in India remain limited. This article aims to explore the pediatrician's perspective on hospice care in India, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for enhancing end-of-life care for children. By understanding the unique needs of pediatric patients and their families, healthcare professionals can contribute to the development and improvement in hospice care services across the country.
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spelling pubmed-106919032023-12-02 Hospice Care in India—A Pediatrician's Perspective Nair, Manjusha Ghoshal, Arun South Asian J Cancer Hospice care plays a vital role in providing compassionate and holistic support to terminally ill patients and their families. While hospice care has gained recognition and acceptance globally, its implementation and understanding in the context of pediatric patients in India remain limited. This article aims to explore the pediatrician's perspective on hospice care in India, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for enhancing end-of-life care for children. By understanding the unique needs of pediatric patients and their families, healthcare professionals can contribute to the development and improvement in hospice care services across the country. Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2023-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10691903/ /pubmed/38047051 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1771407 Text en MedIntel Services Pvt Ltd. This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited.
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