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Kayana Szymczak

A Final Comfort: ‘Palliative Transport’ Brings Dying Children Home

By Melissa Bailey Photos by Kayana Szymczak May 28, 2019 KFF Health News Original

In a rare but growing practice, some hospitals offer parents the choice to transport their dying children out of the intensive care unit, with life support in tow, so that they can die at home.

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