Why children should be allowed to die at home | Isabel Peter | TEDxUniHalle скачать в хорошем качестве

Why children should be allowed to die at home | Isabel Peter | TEDxUniHalle

When children are afflicted by a severe or terminal illness, the necessary treatment often goes hand in hand with a long time of suffering, both for the children and their families, without a guarantee of survival. Often it is desirable to provide these children with intensive medical treatment at home – especially in their last phase of life. However, in Germany, mobile paediatric palliative care is currently only possible with significant financial support from private sponsors. Isabel Peter is a prospective teacher for English, Latin and Yoga in Berlin. In April 2016, Isabel‘s 13-year-old sister Valentina died after a one-year fight against a highly aggressive bone tumor. Instead of desparing, Isabel and her family searched for a constructive answer to this family tragedy and founded Stiftung Valentina. Like this, the family is now helping other severely and terminally ill children and their families. They are actively carrying on Valentina‘s legacy. In doing so, they are trying to close a huge gap in our health care system: the mobile palliative care of terminally ill children in rural areas. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx