WHO Definition of Palliative Care for a Child

Do you want to provide palliative care for a child with a life-threatening illness?

• provide total care to the child (to body, mind and spirit)?

• provide support to the family?

• provide relief from pain?

• provide relief from other distressing symptoms (physical, psychological, social, etc)?

• begin as soon as possible after the diagnosis has been made?

• continue throughout the course of the illness?

• be delivered by a multi-disciplinary team if possible?

• be available wherever the child may be?