A 530-g girl born at 22 weeks and 6 days' gestation (determined by an ultrasound at 11
weeks) was admitted to the NICU. Her mother had received prenatal steroids. At 12 hours of …

What is happening to our children's childhoods? Is childhood itself disappearing as children
become increasinglyadultified'and commodified and as the lives and worlds of children's …

In addition to these most recent findings, this review examines the challenges in researching
this topic, obstacles to patients receiving information about prognosis, and how physical …

In modern society, we expect parents to outlive their children. Childhood death is a difficult
reality, in part, because it defies the expected order of life events, challenging basic …

Many children with life-limiting conditions have distressing symptoms not just at the end of
life, but throughout the course of their illnesses, which may run years after the initial …

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine whose primary concern is the protection of our nation's
children. The guiding principle is to set a course of action that will facilitate their growth and …

One of the basic tenets of paediatric ethics is that competent parents may render healthcare
decisions for children who are too young or too incapacitated to make meaningful medical …

Background: Children with severe neurological impairment (SNI) commonly receive care in
the hospital setting necessitating frequent interactions with clinicians. Yet, parents report that …

It is widely accepted that caring for children with life-threatening illnesses can be
challenging and stressful. The death of a child can be especially difficult, and caregivers …

Eleven million children under 5 years of age die each year worldwide, according to the
World Health Organization Annual Report for 2005.1 Of these, a significant proportion die …