Palliative Care in Pediatric Oncology

Epidemiology of suffering in childhood cancer.- Impact of cancer on the child, parents, siblings and community.- The interdisciplinary oncology team and the role palliative care consultation.- Communication in pediatric palliative oncology.- The relationship between cancer-directed therapy and the pediatric oncology experience.- Easing physical distress.- Easing psychological distress.- Easing existential distress.- Easing social distress.- Care at the end of life.- Family bereavement Care.- Easing clinician distress.

Joanne Wolfe, MD MPH is the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Palliative Care in the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and the Director of Palliative Care at Boston Children's Hospital (BCH), and is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. The Pediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT), the palliative care service which she directs, received a 2001 Citation of Honor from the American Hospital Association's Circle of Life Awards program for its innovative approach to caring for children with life-threatening illness. In 2013, Dr Wolfe was the recipient of the American Cancer Society's Pathfinder in Palliative Care Award and in 2014 the Excellence in Scientific Research Award from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Barbara L. Jones, PhD, MSW, is the Associate Dean for Health Affairs and Professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. She is the Co-Director of the Institute for Collaborative Health Research and Practice. Dr. Jones is a Distinguished Scholar and Fellow of the National Academies of Practice where she is also the Vice-Chair of the Social Work Academy. Dr. Jones is the 2014 recipient of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS) Outstanding Training and Education award. She is the Past President of the Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers (APOSW) and recipient of the 2013 APOSW Social Worker of the Year Award. She was a co-investigator on the ExCEL in Social Work, an NCI-funded project to train oncology social workers in psychosocial oncology.

Ulrika Kreicbergs, RN, PhD, holds a professorship in palliative care for children and youth at Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College and is also affiliated to Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Her research on families with a child affected by cancer has been acknowledged worldwide. She received the Schweisguth Prize awarded by the International