Children who live with a complex chronic or life-threatening illness face extraordinary
challenges. Whether they are receiving disease-oriented treatment (aimed at potential cure …

E¡ ective symptom management is of vital importance to children requiring palliative care,
not only to promote comfort but also to enhance quality of life for the child and family …

Despite vast improvements in disease-based treatments, many children live with life-
threatening disorders that cause distressing symptoms. These symptoms can be difficult to …

Objectives: Art is being increasingly appreciated for its healing capacity in pediatric
medicine. However, while mediums like music and painting have already been widely …

The highly emotive context of caring for children with life-threatening illnesses can have a
significant impact on verbal communication between carers and children. There can be …

In this paper we describe a method for exploring young children's views of illness causality
in social context. Studies of children's conceptualisation of illness have predominantly …

The present study examines four-year-old children's everyday understandings of illness
causality. Research into young children's conceptualisation of illness has led to different …

During the past century, child life programming has evolved into a standard of care for
children experiencing life's most challenging events. From pediatric outpatient clinics and …

Address correspondence to: Vanessa K. Jensen, Psy. D., Section of Pediatric Psychology,
Division of Pediatrics, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland …