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 …

Paediatric intensivists routinely face life and death decisions. Increased ability to prolong life
through technological advances has challenged the traditional ethical principles of …

Background and Objectives: Working in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units (ICUs)
can be challenging and differs from work in adult ICUs. This study investigated for the first …

Background: A substantial proportion of the decisions to withhold or withdraw life‐
prolonging treatment are based on the newborn's predicted poor quality of life. All previous …

Experiences of decision-making regarding place of end-of-life care for children with life-limiting
and life-threatening conditions: systematic integrative review protocol — Queen's University …

The decision to forgo life-sustaining treatment is made for 20–55% of terminally ill children in
North American and European pediatric intensive care units (PICUs)[1–3]. The management …

Background Ethical issues often arise near the end-of-life (EOL) because of concerns about
what is appropriate care and who should decide. Differences may exist between paediatric …

Death in childhood is obviously not a new phenomenon or even a growing one. On the
contrary, global child mortality rates have declined dramatically over the last 20 years …