Palliative Care
Dr. Richard Goldstein reviews palliative care for children and its benefits. He then discusses in detail the unique role that a caregiver who has a close relationship with the family, whether the practitioner is a generalist or subspecialist, may have in guiding and providing meaningful palliative care.
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Learning Objectives
Recall the goals and scope of pediatric primary palliative care
Explain which pediatric populations benefit from palliative care and why it should begin early
Differentiate primary versus specialty palliative care roles
Apply six core tools of primary palliative care to guide decision‑making and communication
Analyze how palliative frameworks inform airway management, resuscitation, and escalation decisions across care settings
Author(s)
Richard Goldstein, MD
Director, Robert's Program on Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics | Boston Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School
David Casavant, MD
Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology
Critical Care and Pain Medicine | Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School
Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH
Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School
Citation
Goldstein R, Casavant D, Wolbrink TA. Pediatric Primary Palliative Care. 9/2016. Online video. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/3185/pediatric-primary-palliative-care.