Welch Susan Bush
School of Nursing, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, USA.
J Pediatr Nurs. 2008 Apr;23(2):120-5. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2007.08.015.
Fifty-four thousand children die each year despite the advances in care for children with acute and chronic illnesses. Demands for improved palliative and end-of-life care for children exist. Good death is a concept frequently used in the adult hospice movement. However, how can the death of a child be good? Analysis of good death can assist pediatric nurses to understand the concept and provide a framework for nurses in the clinical and research arenas to work together to develop and provide evidence-based, developmentally appropriate care for dying children and their families.
尽管在儿童急慢性疾病护理方面取得了进展，但每年仍有5.4万名儿童死亡。对改善儿童姑息治疗和临终关怀的需求依然存在。“善终”是成人临终关怀运动中经常使用的一个概念。然而，儿童的死亡怎么会是善终呢？对善终的分析有助于儿科护士理解这一概念，并为临床和研究领域的护士提供一个框架，以便他们共同努力，为濒死儿童及其家庭制定并提供基于证据、适合其发育阶段的护理。
