In pediatric healthcare, there are few things more difficult than delivering the ominous news to a parent that their child has a life-limiting condition.

As hope of a cure transitions, a new reality sets in that the child has a life-limiting illness and is going to live the life the parents had dreamed of.

Many of these children continue to be managed as inpatients in hospitals by medical teams that are focused on a cure.

Pediatric hospice and palliative care focus on the quality of life of the child with terminal illness.