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 …

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 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) …

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: Most deaths in US PICUs occur after a decision has been made to limitation or
withdrawal of life support. The objective of this study was to describe the clinical …

Objectives 1) To comment on the medical literature on decision making regarding end-of-life
therapy, 2) to analyze the data on disagreement about such therapy, including palliative …

Background: Most children die in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units after decisions
are made to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatments. These decisions can be …

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 …

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

Objective. We conducted this study to investigate how physicians in a pediatric intensive
care unit (ICU) currently make decisions to withdraw and withhold life support. Consultation …