Pediatric palliative care and Covid19: a series of reflections by Dr. Franca Benini

“It is estimated that worldwide there are more than 20 million children who are eligible for paediatric palliative care: a number that is slowly yet, inexorably, increasing. With the advent of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, how do these children and families live?”

So begin the reflections by the Maruzza Foundation’s Scientific Director, Dr. Franca Benini, Director of the Veneto Regional Centre for Paediatric Palliative Care and Pain Management at the University Hospital in Padua.

Read the edited article in English