Keynote: Pediatric Palliative Care: Treating the Whole Infant, Child, or Teen
Description
Jennifer Kett, M.D. is a physician in Pediatric Palliative and Complex Care at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, Tacoma WA. She specializes in complex critical care, working as part of an interdisciplinary team that provides family-centered care for children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses. She is dedicated to fostering partnerships between clinicians and patients’ families. Her current research focuses on improving families’ experiences in fetal care centers. Jennifer is the senior editor of the American Academy of Pediatrics Young Physicians’ Newsletter.
When children and youth are facing serious illness or death, care needs to respond to the special needs of both the patient and the families. This session will use case studies to explore some of those dynamics and challenges.
On completion of this session, participants should be able to:
1. Describe similarities and differences between pediatric and adult palliative care
2. Outline the unique challenges faced in pediatric palliative care (medically, ethically, legally and socially)
3. Outline an initial approach for managing some of these challenges
4. Describe the key components of the interdisciplinary pediatric palliative care team
Document Type
Streamed Video
Start Date
17-5-2019 9:30 AM
End Date
17-5-2019 10:30 AM
Location
Settlemyer Hall, Bellingham Technical College
Resource Type
Moving image
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Palliative treatment; Critically ill children
Type
MovingImage
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Keywords
Pediatric palliative care, Critically ill children
Keynote: Pediatric Palliative Care: Treating the Whole Infant, Child, or Teen
Settlemyer Hall, Bellingham Technical College
Jennifer Kett, M.D. is a physician in Pediatric Palliative and Complex Care at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, Tacoma WA. She specializes in complex critical care, working as part of an interdisciplinary team that provides family-centered care for children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses. She is dedicated to fostering partnerships between clinicians and patients’ families. Her current research focuses on improving families’ experiences in fetal care centers. Jennifer is the senior editor of the American Academy of Pediatrics Young Physicians’ Newsletter.
When children and youth are facing serious illness or death, care needs to respond to the special needs of both the patient and the families. This session will use case studies to explore some of those dynamics and challenges.
On completion of this session, participants should be able to:
1. Describe similarities and differences between pediatric and adult palliative care
2. Outline the unique challenges faced in pediatric palliative care (medically, ethically, legally and socially)
3. Outline an initial approach for managing some of these challenges
4. Describe the key components of the interdisciplinary pediatric palliative care team