Hearing that your child has a life-threatening or life-limiting disease is something no parent wants to hear. But in these cases, paediatric palliative care can play a vital role in ensuring that the child’s quality of life - and ability to simply be a child - is preserved as much as possible, while supporting the child’s parents as well. Joining us to share more about the role of paediatric palliative care is Dr Avinder Kaur; she’s a paediatrician currently training in paediatric palliative medicine, and also a committee member with the Malaysian Association of Paediatric Palliative Care. 

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Produced by: Lim Sue Ann, Ruqayya Zuhair

Presented by: Lim Sue Ann

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Categories:  health policy,  wellness,  managing disease,  medical advances

Tags:  the bigger picture,  health and living,  palliative care,  hospice care,  pain,  quality of life,  death,  grief,  children's health,