Yawkey 6D
Phone: 617-643-0603 | Fax: 617-724-3948
The Pediatric Palliative Care Service at MassGeneral Hospital for Children offers treatment intended to optimize quality of life, promote healing and comfort for children with life-threatening illness, and provide support for families whose child faces a serious, chronic or potentially terminal disease. By honoring the ways in which a child finds comfort, joy, autonomy, independent communication and safety, pediatric palliative care uses our medical knowledge to put our skills and technology to the service of the child and the family. One of our primary goals is to relieve patients’ symptoms and keep them as comfortable and pain-free as possible, whether or not a curative treatment is being pursued.
The support we provide includes:
The Pediatric Palliative Care team at MGHfC consists of Patricia O’Malley, MD, Medical Director; Caitlin Merrill, NP; and Sandy Clancy, PhD, Program Manager and Patient Advocate. We work closely with each child’s primary team including, among others, his/her primary care physician, social worker, sub-specialists, child life expert, chaplain, primary nurses, physical and occupational therapists, and case managers.
Phone: 617-643-0603 | Fax: 617-724-3948
The Pediatric Palliative Care Service at MassGeneral Hospital for Children offers treatment intended to optimize quality of life, promote healing and comfort for children with life-threatening illness, and provide support for families whose child faces a serious, chronic or potentially terminal disease. By honoring the ways in which a child finds comfort, joy, autonomy, independent communication and safety, pediatric palliative care uses our medical knowledge to put our skills and technology to the service of the child and the family. One of our primary goals is to relieve patients’ symptoms and keep them as comfortable and pain-free as possible, whether or not a curative treatment is being pursued.
The support we provide includes:
- Optimizing pain and symptom management
- Offering psychological and spiritual support
- Facilitating family and health care provider communication
- Supporting siblings and parents
- Coordinating inpatient, outpatient and home care, including home palliative and hospice care
- Providing bereavement follow-up to families whose child has died
The Pediatric Palliative Care team at MGHfC consists of Patricia O’Malley, MD, Medical Director; Caitlin Merrill, NP; and Sandy Clancy, PhD, Program Manager and Patient Advocate. We work closely with each child’s primary team including, among others, his/her primary care physician, social worker, sub-specialists, child life expert, chaplain, primary nurses, physical and occupational therapists, and case managers.
