Abstract
The article presents the role of psychologist in pediatric palliative care team in University Hospital Motol in Prague, Czech Republic. Palliative medicine is based on team cooperation of various specialists who work together in order to provide complex supportive and palliative care to a child and his or her family.
The article offers an insight into the role and competencies of a psychologist and introduces the daily work of a psychologist in a palliative care team in the hospital setting. Psychological and psychotherapeutic care provided to the sick child, his parents and also siblings, post consult reflection and multidisciplinary consults with treating physicians represent the main expertise specific for the psychologist of pediatric palliative care team in University Hospital Motol.