One of the most ethically challenging issues in modern medicine are the ones related to end-
of-life care. This is especially evident in intensive care setting where healthcare …

The aim of this study was to search for all available reviews, guidelines and analyses and
make a literature overview and comparison between countries as a corner stone for a further …

Background and Aim: End-of-Life (EOL) decision-making in paediatric critical care can be
complex and heterogeneous, reflecting national culture and law as well as the relative …

Objectives: To describe the process of development of “Slovenian Ethical
Recommendations for Decision-Making on Treatment and Palliative Care of Patients at the …

Background End-of-life decisions for neonates with adverse prognosis are controversial and
raise ethical and legal issues. In Greece, data on physicians' profiles, motivation, values and …

Objective: To examine intercontinental differences in end-of-life practices in pediatric
intensive care units. Design: An international survey. The on-line questionnaire consisted of …

Objectives To investigate how life-sustaining treatment (LST) decisions are made and
identify problematic ethical concerns confronted by physicians and nurses in pediatric …

End-of-life decisions are usually required when a neonate is at high risk of disability or
death, and such decisions involve many legal and ethical challenges. This article reviewed …

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 …

Both for reasons of patient autonomy and resource considerations, there is reason to look at
how to improve the decision-making processes relating to the limitation of medical treatment …