Article: Paediatric palliative nursing: the tensions between closeness and professional distance

Caring for children who are dying puts special demands on health care staff.  This article looks at how nurses working in children's palliative care deal with the tensions of supporting children and families at end of life while being aware of the need for professional distance in certain situations.

Buder, R. & Fringer, A. 2016. Paediatric palliative nursing: the tensions between closeness and professional distance.  European Journal of Palliative Care, 23 (6) p 278 - 280.

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