Interdisciplinary interventions to improve pediatric palliative care and reduce health care professional suffering.

Objective: To implement and evaluate a quality improvement program of interdisciplinary palliative care education and support intended to increase the competence, confidence and ability to manage personal grief of health care professionals caring for dying children.

Setting: A children's hospital in an urban academic medical center.

Participants: Pediatric health care professionals of all disciplines caring for children with life-threatening conditions.