Opinion: Why We Need to Talk About Paediatric Palliative Care

Andrea Bracaglia Over the last several weeks, after surveying friends and colleagues on the topic of paediatric palliative care, I learned that, by and large, it was unheard of. Despite approximately 50,000 children dying each year in Canada from a wide range of illnesses, including cancer and various neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases, paediatric palliative care…