Pediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT)

PACT in the News

American Hospital Association Recognizes PACT with 2008 Circle of Life award. The award recognizes programs that "expand the frontiers of palliative and end-of-life care." Learn more.
Trend is Toward Sick Children Dying at Home Instead of in Hospital
Children who die of a chronic illness are more likely to spend their final days at home compared to children who died two decades ago, according to a study in the June 27, 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read the full story.
Read the transcript or listen to the broadcast of the August 9, 2006 segment on The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's approach to palliative support for children on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered."

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