A fracture is a partial or complete break in the bone. When a fracture happens, it is classified as either open or closed.

Supportive, or palliative, care is care aimed at comfort of the person versus cure and treatment.

A terminally ill child has many of the same needs as any seriously ill child, including a routine for sleep and rest, and for pain management. Here's what you should know.

Detailed information on care of the terminally ill child

The goal of hospice care is to provide the terminally ill child peace, comfort, and dignity.

The process of grieving is often long and painful for parents, siblings, relatives, friends, peers, teachers, neighbors, and anyone that understands the loss of a child.

The ultimate goal in discussing death with a dying child is to optimize his or her comfort and alleviate any fears. If the child is not ready to discuss death, the most helpful step parents can take is to wait until he or she is ready.

Detailed information on important decisions to be made when a child is dying, including the right to refuse treatment, to die at home versus the hospital, advanced directives, do not resuscitate, autopsy, organ donation, palliative hospice care, and funeral arrangements.

From babies to teens, a look at how children understand death.

Anticipatory grief is similar to the normal process of mourning, but it happens before the actual death.