“Some Paediatric Academic Health Science centres(PAHSC) (e.g. Boston Children’s Hospital) have recently built a palliative care facility for end-of-life care, where the dying patient is cared for by the family in a ‘home-like setting\u00a0 but within the PAHSC ‘.\u00a0 SickKids does not have the capacity at present for such a unit but if building a new hospital, this facility would be incorporated.”<\/p>\n
Hugh O’Brodovich, the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, quoted in the RKW Report, Part 2C. p178.<\/p>\n
The new Melbourne Children’s Hospital has such a ‘home from home’ facility for those who wish to use it. None is planned for the National Paediatric Hospital at St. James’s Hospital.<\/p>\n
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“Some Paediatric Academic Health Science centres(PAHSC) (e.g. Boston Children’s Hospital) have recently built a palliative care facility for end-of-life care, where the dying patient is cared for by the family in a ‘home-like setting\u00a0 but within the PAHSC ‘.\u00a0 SickKids does not have the capacity at present for such a unit but if building a … Continue reading No End-of-Life facility<\/span>