Children and Young People: Palliative Care
Use this guide to find information resources about children and young people's palliative care including books, reports and journal articles.
Last updated:
17/09/2024
Key Resources
汤头条污料 (2018) RCN competencies: caring for infants, children and young people requiring palliative care. 2nd edn. London: RCN.
Blackburn M et al. (2019) Talking about sex, sexuality and relationships: guidance and standards. For those working with young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Bristol: Together for Short Lives.
Brook L (ed.) (2024) Association of Paediatric Palliative Medicine master formulary. 6th edn.
Chambers L and Kelly K (2023) Stepping up: A guide to developing a good transition to adulthood for young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. Bristol: Together for Short Lives.
Jassal S S (ed.) (2022) Basic symptom control in paediatric palliative care. 10th edn. Bristol: Together for Short Lives.
Together for Short Lives (2019) Caring for a child at end of life. A guide for professionals on the care of children and young people. Bristol: Together for Short Lives.
Together for Short Lives (2018) Hidden lives: tackling the social exclusion of families caring for a seriously ill child. Bristol: Together for Short Lives.
Together for Short Lives (2018) A guide to children’s palliative care: supporting babies, children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families. 4th edn. Bristol: Together for Short Lives.
We would like to thank the RCN CYP Palliative Care community and Sue Langley - Library & Information Services Manager, East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices, for their input into the development of this subject guide.
Books
Bellieni C V (2022) A new holistic-evolutive approach to pediatric palliative care. Cham: Springer Nature.
Bruera E, Higginson I J, Gunten C F von and Morita T (2021) Textbook of palliative medicine and supportive care. 3rd edn. Milton: CRC Press.
Cooper D B and Cooper J (eds.) (2019) Palliative care within mental health: ethical practice. Milton: Routledge.
Davies B, Steele R and Baird J (2022) Pediatric palliative care: a model for exemplary practice. Oxford: Routledge.
Downing J (ed.) (2020) Children's palliative care: an international case-based manual. Cham: Springer.
Hain R, Goldman A, Rapoport A and Meiring M (2021) Oxford textbook of palliative care for children. 3rd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Limbo R K, Wool C and Carter B S (2020) Handbook of perinatal and neonatal palliative care: a guide for nurses, physicians, and other health professionals. New York: Springer.
Mancini A, Price J and Kerr-Elliott T (eds.) (2020) Neonatal palliative care for nurses. Cham: Springer.
Nash P, Hussain Z, and Parkes M (2015) Multifaith care for sick and dying children and their families: a multi-disciplinary guide. London: Jessica Kingsley.
Nash S, Nash P, and Darby K (2015) Spiritual care with sick children and young people: a handbook for chaplains, paediatric health professionals, arts therapists and youth workers. London: Jessica Kingsley.
Preedy V R (2019) (ed.) Handbook of nutrition and diet in palliative care. 2nd edn. Milton: CRC Press.
Rodriguez A M (2023) Death, dying and palliative care in children and young people: perspectives from health psychology. Milton: Routledge.
Watson M, Ward S, Vallath N, Wells J and Campbell R (eds.) (2019) Oxford handbook of palliative care. 3rd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Chapter 16 covers paediatric palliative care.
Chapter 16 covers paediatric palliative care.
Watson M (2016) Palliative adult network guidelines and paediatric palliative care guidelines. 4th edn. Academic Health Science Network.
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Journals
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Nadia Munir
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Page last updated - 17/09/2024