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Wesley Kidscast is a podcast brought to you by Wesley Children's Hospital that aims to discuss common scenarios as well as new research within pediatric care. It is meant to nourish your mind with the horses and zebras that we come across while caring for the little ones in our community. Each episode comprises discussions with various specialists at Wesley on several important and upcoming topics. If you are a pediatrician or healthcare professional serving children and their families, this podcast is for you.
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Saturday Dec 03, 2022
Difficult Discussions- Pediatric End of Life Care
Saturday Dec 03, 2022
Saturday Dec 03, 2022
How do we as providers make bad news "less awful" for patients and their families? As healthcare providers our goal is to heal and fix our patients yet sometimes, despite our best efforts, we simply cannot. This episode of Kidscast, invites chaplain Amy Claaussen to discuss the topic of pediatric end of life and provides us with some guidance on approaching this discussion. What should we say? What should we definitely not say? How do we help families and each other cope and endure in the face of a poor prognosis or an unexpected death?