The Power of Pediatric Palliative Care: Equity, Access, and Hope

The Power of Pediatric Palliative Care: Equity, Access, and Hope

October 9, 2025 · 31 min · Season 5 · Episode 17

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This episode discusses the importance of pediatric palliative care and the need for improved equity and access across Canada.

Send us Fan Mail Pediatric palliative care is so much more than end-of-life support — it’s about walking alongside children and their families from diagnosis through symptom management, grief, and beyond. In this episode of SPARK: Conversations, Dr. Katharine Smart speaks with Megan Wright (Roger Neilson Children’s Hospice) and Denise Praill (Canuck Place Children’s Hospice) about what it takes to right-size pediatric palliative care systems across Canada, improve equity and access, and...

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