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Pain and Palliative Care

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Pain and Palliative Care seeks to relieve pain for all children in our care. This is a interdisciplinary team who work closely together to provide coordinated, holistic and on going care for the child and family at the point of their needs.

Our team includes the child’s physician, family, specially trained physicians, nurses, social workers, child life specialists, chaplains, and volunteers. We all work together in the hospital or at home in an effort to relieve the suffering of the child and family.

There are many parts of our program. We take care of children with acute and chronic pain and those who have complex medical needs with an uncertain future. See also our brochure titled, "Interdisciplinary Pain Clinic: Helping children and teens manage pain"

Our Programs Include:


This PDF provides a visual representation of our programs.

Inpatient Pain and Palliative Care Team
Our inpatient rounding team provides care to children with acute pain, chronic pain and palliative care needs

Pain and Palliative Care Clinic
The Intradisciplinary Pain Clinic at Children's of Minnesota manages chronic and recurrent pain in close collaboration with pediatric specialties.

Home-based Karuna Palliative Care
Program staff work with a child’s physicians to provide pain and symptom management to children with potentially life limiting conditions and their families.

Home-based Hospice Care
Our hospice program is the only licensed hospice in the state of Minnesota that focuses solely on children.

Deeya - Perinatal Hospice Program
Medical, emotional, and spiritual support to families anticipating that life-threatening conditions exist for their unborn child.

Education and Outreach – Children’s Institute for Pain and Palliative Care
Our Institute provides training, continuing education, resources, consultation, and technical assistance to health care providers.

  Presented by Children's Institute for Pain and Palliative Care (CIPPC) Pain and Palliative Care Program Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. This seminar offers state of the art education in pain management for the pediatric patient from a holistic and multidisciplinary perspective.
Agenda and class information

Fellowship in Pediatric Pain Medicine and Palliative Care

A unique, two year combined Pain and Palliative Care Fellowship designed to meet the career goals of physicians from a wide range of backgrounds interested in a career of pediatric palliative medicine.
Fellowship Overview

2-week International Scholarship

The Children's Institute for Pain and Palliative Care (CIPPC) is offering two competitive scholarships for physicians or advanced practice nurses from developing countries currently working in the field of pediatric pain and/or palliative care.
Application Guidelines
Children's staff and parents recommend their favorite books that provide guidance, support, and help to adults and children.

Frequently Asked Questions

Information about the different areas of the Pain and Palliative Care program at Children's.
Pain Clinic
Acute Pain