The Japanese Journal of Child Nursing ~ October 2020 Issue

小児看護の１０月号は子供のエンドオブライフと「こどもホスピス」特集です。去年に２月横浜で開催された「世界こどもホスピスフォーラム」でお会いした方々がたくさん寄稿されているので、お顔を思い浮かべながら読んでいます。日本の子どもホスピス事情がよくわかる特集号です。「他職種連携編」に私も寄稿させていただきました。子どもがどう死を理解して、受容していくのか、そしてどのような支援が求められているのかについて書いています。今後さらに日本での子どもホスピス運動が広がって、心身ともに質の高いケアが提供さていくことを祈ってやみません。

In the October 2020 Issue of the Japanese Journal of Child Nursing I discuss the topic of “End of Life Care for Children” and “Child Hospice Care.” As a Clinical Psychologist and a grief specialist, I discuss how the end of life care for children is approached in the United States with particular emphasis on the child’s perception of death and how to provide psychological care. I had the privilege to be acquainted with many forward thinking and dynamic nurses leading the way in this important field of medicine while attending the World Children Hospice Forum last February in Yokohama. They are the driving force behind the Children’s Hospice movement in Japan. Their essential and groundbreaking effort in Japan is worthy of far more attention and I look forward to collaborating with them in the future.