Pediatrician, Head of the Veneto Regional Reference Centre for Paediatric Palliative Care and Pain Management and the “Casa del Bambino” Children’s Hospice – Department of Paediatrics, Padua, Italy
"The principal value of children's palliative care is respect for life. It prevents children from literally 'dying' at diagnosis with the annulment of all social contact; a life in isolation and pain, whilst Children’s palliative care valorises every moment of life, even during serious illness. The biggest challenge is overcoming invisibility, to talk openly about palliative care for children and its benefits"