Conclusions Parents place the highest priorities on quality of life, likelihood of improvement,
and perception of their child's pain when considering withdrawal of life support. Parents …

Objectives To evaluate parents' perceptions of the process by which decisions are made to
limit or withdraw life support from critically ill children, and to evaluate parents' perceptions of …

Objective: Decisions to forgo life support from critically ill children are commonly faced by
parents and physicians. Previous research regarding parents' perspectives on the decision …

OBJECTIVE. Despite recognition that dying children and their families have unique palliative
care needs, there has been little empirical inquiry of parent perspectives to improve the …

Objective: Describe the roles and respective responsibilities of PICU healthcare
professionals in end-of-life care decisions faced by PICU parents. Design: Retrospective …

Objectives: The death of a child in the pediatric intensive care unit is perhaps one of the
most devastating and challenging experiences a parent can ever endure. This article …

Although children account for only about 3% of all deaths that occur in the United States
each year, these patients and their families have needs that are uniquely different from those …

Families looking back: One year after discussion of withdraw... : Critical Care Medicine Families
looking back: One year after discussion of withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining support …

Objective To broaden existing knowledge of pediatric end-of-life decision making by
exploring factors described by parents of patients in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) …

Objectives: To describe the health outcomes of bereaved parents and identify practical
strategies for critical care providers as they support and provide anticipatory guidance to …