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Critical Care of the Pediatric Immunocompromised Hematology/Oncology Patient

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This chapter will address the psychosocial aspects of intensive care, specifically for immunocompromised patients and their caregivers. It will highlight the emotional needs of patients and families in the PICU and consider how psychological interventions and pediatric palliative care (PPC) aim to bolster adaptive adjustment and coping and maximize well-being. It is important to recognize the inherent diversity of the population of immunocompromised patients receiving critical care. There is a wide range in terms of their medical diagnoses and the duration and intensity of medical treatments experienced and, most fundamentally, in terms of the individual differences that exist across patients and their family systems. As such, the experience of admission to an intensive care unit for this population should be considered within the larger context of a patient and family’s global experience of treatment.

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  1. Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Sarah Tarquini & Candice Chow

  2. Department of Pediatric Oncology; Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Christina Ullrich

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  1. Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA

    Christine N. Duncan

  2. Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Julie-An M. Talano

  3. Department of Pediatric Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA

    Jennifer A. McArthur

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Tarquini, S., Chow, C., Ullrich, C. (2019). Psychosocial and Palliative Care. In: Duncan, C., Talano, JA., McArthur, J. (eds) Critical Care of the Pediatric Immunocompromised Hematology/Oncology Patient. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01322-6_17

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