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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.
Our Programs Include:
Inpatient Pain and Palliative Care Team
Our inpatient rounding team provides care to children with acute pain, chronic pain and palliative care needs
Pain Clinic
The outpatient 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.
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   The Forum for Pediatric Palliative Care June 15, 2007
In June 2007, Children's of Minnesota hosted the The Forum for Pediatric Palliative Care in Minneapolis. Following are links to presenter slides from the forum.
Forum Report (51 pages)
A written recap of the June 15 conference
Education and Training for Pediatric Palliative Care (15 slides)
Jody Chrastek, MSN, CHPN; Deborah Dokken, MPA;
Stacy Remke, MSW, LICSW
Children's of Minnesota
Advancing the State of the Art in Clinical
Practice of Pediatric Palliative Care (44 slides)
Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, MD
Pain & Palliative Care
Children's of Minnesota
Funding, Advocacy and Communications: Building a Sustainable Program (27 slides)
Devon Dabbs, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director
Ann Andrews Morris, Director of Communications and Media
Children’s Hospice & Palliative Care Coalition
Models of Care: Children with life threatening conditions and their families (49 slides)
Susan M. Huff, RN, MSN
Johns Hopkins Home Care Group
ACT Definition (3 slides)
Association for Children with Life-threatening Conditions and their families (ACT)
Pediatric P-EOL-B Care: Quality, Safety, Outcomes (54 slides)
Chris Feudtner,
The Pediatric Advanced Care Team
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
State of the Art in Pediatric Palliative Care Research: Lessons Learned (48 slides)
Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH
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Process and contact information for referring physicians
Families Contact Us
(612) 813-6450
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Experts in pain and symptom management.
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Children's staff and parents recommend their favorite books that provide guidance, support, and help to adults and children.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Information about the different areas of the Pain and Palliative Care program at Children's.
Pain Clinic
Acute Pain
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