Practice Guideline Endorsement

Clinical Pracice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care

The American Academy of Pediatrics endorses and accepts as its policy the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Statement "Clinical Pracice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care," published in May 2004.

The Guidelines are available as a PDF file from the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Web site free-of-charge at: http://www.nationalconsensusproject.org/Guideline.pdf.

The recommendations in this statement do not indicate an exclusive course of treatment or serve as a standard of medical care. Variations, taking into account individual circumstances, may be appropriate.

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