What is pediatric palliative care?

Pediatric palliative care is available for children with a serious, life-threatening, or life-shortening condition and for those around them. These include parents and caregivers, siblings, and other loved ones who are important in the child's life. The care focuses on quality of life: alleviating symptoms, addressing emotions and meaning, and supporting the entire family. This often begins at diagnosis and continues for as long as needed.

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Parents' experiences

"My greatest fear is that my daughter cannot die comfortably."

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Highlights 2024 NPPZ II - Kind en Jongere

De 2024 highlights van NPPZ II - Kind en Jongere zijn in kaart gebracht middels een factsheet.


Via diverse projecten hebben we in 2024 hard gewerkt aan de hoofddoelen van NPPZ II - Kind en Jongere: het vergroten van de maatschappelijke bewustwording over kinderpalliatieve zorg, en proactieve zorg en ondersteuning voor alle gezinnen met een kind met een ernstige ziekte beschikbaar maken. 

De highlights van het NPPZ II - Kind en Jongere van 2024 zijn samengevat in een factsheet

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