Paliatívna medicína a liečba bolesti 1/2013

Nursing in palliative care of child clients

The paper deals with the issue of palliative care in paediatric patients/clients. The paper is based on a qualitative research study aimed at two goals. The first goal was to assess the potential need for palliative care in children in the CR. The method of document content analysis of the data obtained from the Czech Statistical Office was used. These data were used for estimation of the number of children in the CR who might require palliative care. The second goal was to assess the options of palliative care services in sick children in the territory of the CR. To accomplish this goal, the method of in-depth qualitative interview was employed in six respondents at six centres. The results of the study give information on the options of providing palliative care of children and their families at particular departments.

Keywords: children, hospice care, palliative care, respite care, nursing.