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Holistic Care for
Critically Sick Children and Their Families
Vital Signs
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Marketing director
Children’s Comfort Care Program (CCCP)
Pattie Cuen
is dedicated to alleviating pain and other
Marketing symptoms for children with serious and
Judi Goodfriend
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
life-threatening illnesses. With its team
EDITOR of medical, behavioral and spiritual-care
David Greenwald
clinicians, CCCP works closely with each
Calendar EDITOR
child’s healthcare team to provide holistic
care and support to children and their
families. CCCP promotes self-care and
encourages adaptive coping mechanisms as
well as provides communication techniques
to help parents comfort siblings and other
family members.
Tiffani Q. Mendinueto
Medical editor
Robert Oye, md
Contributors Kimberly Enard
Dan Gordon
ADVISORY BOARD
Bernard Katz, md
Janet Pregler, md
Thomas Strouse, md
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