Medical education about end-of-life care in the pediatric setting: principles, challenges, and opportunities

OJZ Sahler, G Frager, M Levetown, FG Cohn… - …, 2000 - publications.aap.org
Objective. To identify the opportunities for and barriers to medical education about end-of-life
(EOL) care in the pediatric setting. Methods. A working group of pediatric specialists and …

Psychological barriers to optimal pain management in infants and children

PJ McGrath, G Frager - The Clinical journal of pain, 1996 - journals.lww.com
Frager is supported by the Faculty Scholars Program of the Death in America Project of
the Soros Foundation. We thank A. Unruh and anonymous reviewers for critical reviews of an …

Opioid pharmacotherapy in the management of cancer pain. A survey of strategies used by pain physicians for the selection of analgesic drugs and routes of …

NJ Cherny, V Chang, G Frager, JM Ingham, PJ Tiseo… - Cancer, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Background. This survey documents the strategies used by pain control physicians in the
selection of opioid drugs and routes of administration in the management of inpatients referred …

Tipping the iceberg? The state of arts and health in Canada

…, K Collie, N Cooley, J Dunbrack, G Frager - Arts & …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The field of arts and health is rapidly gaining momentum in Canada despite the challenges
of integration across a vast geography, two official languages and multiple interdisciplinary …

Pediatric palliative care: building the model, bridging the gaps.

G Frager - Journal of palliative care, 1996 - europepmc.org
Currently the provision of palliative care is patchy and inconsistent. What is needed is a
systematic and comprehensive approach to all children with significant life-threatening diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Frequency and self-management of pain, dyspnea, and cough in cystic fibrosis

SJ Stenekes, A Hughes, MC Grégoire, G Frager… - Journal of pain and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Cystic fibrosis (CF) has been transformed from a fatal diagnosis in infancy to a chronic
disease of children and young adults. Symptom patterns and disease burden in CF may be …

Psychosocial needs of families with a child with cancer

…, J Ceccolini, CV Fernandez, G Frager… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Purpose The aims of this study were to map the problems and needs of children with cancer
and their families with regard to possible psychosocial interventions, and to do an …

Ensuring pain relief for children at the end of life

MC Grégoire, G Frager - Pain Research and Management, 2006 - hindawi.com
Pain management in the context of pediatric palliative care can be challenging. The present
article reviews, through a case-based presentation, the nonpharmacological and …

Palliative care and terminal care of children

G Frager - Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North …, 1997 - Elsevier
Models of providing care at the end of life and the most appropriate time for involving palliative
care services are reviewed. The principles of management of pain and other symptoms …

Refractory symptoms and terminal sedation of children: ethical issues and practical management

NP Kenny, G Frager - Journal of Palliative Care, 1996 - journals.sagepub.com
… KENNY and GERRI FRAGER, Office of Bioethics, Dalhousie … Frager G. Relieving suffering
in children with malignant disease… Frager is supported by the ;C~lty scholars program of the …