Fact Books on Children's Palliative CAre


Palliative Care for Infants, Children and Young People

THE FACTS

Prepared by the EAPC Taskforce for Palliative Care in Children
Conceived and supported by the Fondazione Maruzza Lefebvre D'Ovidio Onlus
ISBN: 978-88-902961-6-1

With this book the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) and the Fondazione Maruzza Lefebvre D'Ovidion Onlus worked together to bridge cultural and organisational gaps to privde policy makers and stakeholders with a general overview of palliative care service provision in Europe, identifying barriers and shortcomings and, at the same time, describing potential solutions for the develoment of effective, child-specific palliative care programs.

Contributors include
Huda Abu-Saad Huijer 
Franca Benini
Paolo Carnaglia Ferraris 
Finella Craig
Chantal Wood
Boris Zernikow

This book can be downloaded as a pdf document free of charge from:
www.maruzza.org/maruzza_en/Palliativecareinchildren.html
and
www.eapcnet.org/projects/PaediatricTF.html

To order a copy of the book, contact:
Suzanne Bennett
International Project Secretary
Fondazione Maruzza Lefebvre D'Ovidion Onlus
Via del Nuoto, 11
00135 - Rome
Italy
Email: international@maruzza.org

This book is also available in Spanish:  

CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS PARA LACTANTES,NIŇOS Y JŌVENES

LOS HECHOS   

Documento para profesionales sanitarios y responsables de politicas sanitarias

Traducción: Teresa Aguirre
Revisión: Ricardo Martino

Children's Palliative Care in South Africa - The Facts

This Fact Book is for anyone who wants more information about children’s palliative care in South Africa. While this first Fact Book has been developed for South Africa, the basic facts regarding palliative care for children, and children themselves, remain the same wherever children are in the world.

This is the first in a series that the ICPCN is developing for in-country use. We plan to provide Fact Books for other countries that can be used for advocacy with governments, donors and other organisations working within that specific context. 

The vision of the ICPCN is that all children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions will have access to palliative care provided by trained and competent practitioners; and this is one of the many steps towards that vision.

Why should children suffer ?


For a printed version of the book, please contact the ICPCN Information Officer at info@icpcn.co.za