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Providing Pediatric Patients With A Voice : Understanding How Children Want To Live Before They Die, Nina Friedman May 2016

Providing Pediatric Patients With A Voice : Understanding How Children Want To Live Before They Die, Nina Friedman

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This paper explores what quality of life is for pediatric patients and how health care professionals, a certified child life specialist in particular, can help the patient, family, and medical team to navigate treatment options and decisions regarding end-of-life.


Providing Family-Centered Care For Families And Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorders : A Guide For Healthcare Professionals, Kacie Wilson May 2013

Providing Family-Centered Care For Families And Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorders : A Guide For Healthcare Professionals, Kacie Wilson

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The purpose of this thesis is to provide healthcare professionals in the pediatric healthcare setting with the necessary tools to provide high quality family-centered care to children with ASD and to their families.


Creating An Optimal Healing Environment For Pediatric Patients And Families : A Medical School Course On Child Life Theory And Practice, Erin Halman May 2013

Creating An Optimal Healing Environment For Pediatric Patients And Families : A Medical School Course On Child Life Theory And Practice, Erin Halman

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This project outlines an introductory child life course intended for medical students. The course covers salient topics from a graduate level child life curriculum, as well as skills identified as the most useful for physicians in a survey of certified child life specialists.