Hospice News October 6, 2023
Many clinicians across the health continuum lack the training and skill sets needed to have goals of care conversations for pediatric patients.
Advance care planning discussions are an important, but oftentimes challenging key to supporting serious and terminally ill children and their families, according to Dr. Chris Adrian, a pediatric palliative care physician and writer based in California. Adrian is also part of the Mettle Health team, which provides caregiver and patient support.
Telling a parent that their child has a terminal illness is a difficult conversation for any provider, but expanding education and training around hospice and palliative care can help break down communication barriers that can impact goals of care conversations, he said.
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