Request You, in white who maintains the healthy attitude, Respond to my mood. Persevere the facts, Chart efficiently, But don't discard feeling from a patient's history. A sentimental phrase or a known truth solemnly spoken is not required or desired.…
Digestion, of all the bodily functions, is the one which exercises the greatest influence on the mental state of an individual. —Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Palliative care no longer means helping children die well, it means helping children and their families to…
And by and by Christopher Robin came to an end of things, and he was silent, and he sat there, looking out over the world, just wishing it wouldn't stop. —A.A. Milne Of all symptoms that very ill children experience,…
There is no nobler goal than achieving the relief of pain and suffering. —Ronald Melzack Pain is one of the most common symptoms experienced by children receiving palliative care and one of the most feared by children and their families.…
Disease exists, if either sleep or watchfulness be excessive. —Hippocrates Since antiquity, sleep has been considered a time of healing, mending, and restoration. Sleeping difficulties are a significant issue for many healthy children and adolescents and are further increased in…
It's like my legs weigh 100 pounds… You think about it, dwell on it and it makes it worse. So, part of it is mental and part of it is physical fatigue. You are not your normal self and you…
When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors. —Martin Henry Fischer Pediatric delirium is an under-recognized and often…
We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it. She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice Remains in danger of her former tooth. —William Shakespeare, in Macbeth , Act II, Scene I The purpose of this chapter is to…
As I stand in the night the fear approaches I stand strong and face it with all I have It tears and beats down on me I stand my ground and face whatever it comes at me with It reaches…
Something can come out of the child's death that will help others. I feel good knowing that it (autopsy) could help to prevent this from happening to another child or family. —Quotes from parents whose children died of a rare…