http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/sp_1/archive/2009/05/12/pediatric-palliative-care.aspxAbout a week ago I attended an information session regarding pediatric palliative care. My experience and knowledge regarding palliative care prior to going to this session was very limited. During my three years working in early intervention I've onlyenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 61120.2)http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/sp_1/archive/2009/05/12/pediatric-palliative-care.aspx#38627Wed, 27 May 2009 03:21:00 GMT06d5312c-37b9-406e-be84-460d8d21f4fc:38627Gail <p>Stephanie as I read your blog I was wondering what palliative care program provides all of these services you mentioned. What concerns me is the statement that palliative care is the equivalent of hospice. As a provider of 20+ years in the field of homecare and Hospice, I have not found an agency that could provide &quot;Among the people who are able to be part of a palliative care team, Speech Language Pathologists can be a participating member, as well as PT's and OT's, Bereavement Counselors, Medical Social Worker, Medical Director, RN Case Manager, a Chaplain/Rabbi and a Creative Arts and/or Complementary Therapist(s). Please refer me to this agency so I may invite them to be part of the task force report since they have accomplished what no one else could. Clearly if this is the case than I need to reassess the need for hospice at all, actually it sounds like hospice. Thanks</p>