Great discussion Calli! You really highlight so many aspects of how we disregard children in our every day work! There is a great book out by Alistair McAlpine ( he did the Post grad paedaitric palliative care diploma with me) called PERSCRIPTION: Ice Cream – A doctor’s journey to Discover What Matters where there are so many instances in his story that elude to the how patients generally are not treated with respect lack of dignity and in part 3 he delves into his work in with PaedsPal and how he began to understand what it meant to treat children with respect and dignity according to their specific needs! Worth a read….
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