Fig. 1
From: The adult and pediatric palliative care: differences and shared issues
The needs of patients with life-threatening diseases change over the trajectory of disease (dotted lines; adults, above; children, below), starting at the diagnosis (*), during acute crises (‡) until death ( +). The grey area represents palliative care effectively delivered to patients; black dotted area represents the palliative care delivered to families and social background of patients