Comprehensive in scope and definitive in authority, this second edition has been thoroughly updated to cover new practices, current epidemiological data and the evolving models that support the delivery of palliative medicine to children. This book is an essential resource for anyone who works with children worldwide.

Winner in the Paediatrics Category, BMA Medicine Book Awards 2013

1. History and epidemiology ; 2. The child's journey: Transition from health to ill-health ; 3. Communication ; 4. Ethics ; 5. Through the creative lens of the artist: Society's perceptions of death in children ; 6. The power of their voices: assessing the child and family ; 7. Children's views of death ; 8. The psychological impact of life-limiting conditions on the child ; 9. Adolescents and young adults ; 10. Children expressing themselves ; 11. Education and school ; 12. Impact on the family ; 13. Spirituality and meaning in children, families, and clinicians ; 14. Around the time of death - culture, religion and ritual ; 15. Bereavement ; 16. Symptoms in life-threatening illness: overview and assessment ; 17. Using medications in children ; 18. Introduction to pain ; 19. Pain assessment ; 20. Pharmacological approaches to pain: 'By the ladder' - the WHO approach to management of pain in palliative care ; 21. Pharmacological approaches to pain: Simple analgesics and opioids ; 22. Pain: Adjuvants for neuropathic and bone pain ; 23. Pain: An integrative approach ; 24. Management of the gastro-intestinal tract in paediatric palliative medicine ; 25. Feeding in palliative care ; 26. Neurological and neuromuscular conditions and symptoms ; 27. Depression, anxiety, and delirium ; 28. Respiratory symptoms ; 29. Skin symptoms ; 30. Haematological symptoms ; 31. Palliative care for children with hiv/aids ; 32. Care in the final hours and days ; 33. Integrative medicine in paediatric palliative care ; 34. Place of care ; 35. Intensive care units ; 36. The good-enough health care provider ; 37. Education ; 38. Quality improvement ; 39. Research in paediatric palliative care ; 40. International aspects ; Formulary