ContextThe ethical issues surrounding end-of-life decision making for infants with adverse
prognoses are controversial. Little empirical evidence is available on the attitudes and …

Background: Paediatric nurses and paediatricians face di cult decisions when treating
children with life-threatening and life-limiting diseases. Making decisions about whether to …

Purpose To determine how decisions to forgo life support are made in European pediatric
intensive care units (PICUs). Methods A multicenter, prospective study, the Eurydice II study …

Aims and objectives A systematic review of the literature focusing on the provision of end‐of‐
life care (EOLC) on Paediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) and the options available to …

This review discusses the main dilemmas and difficulties related to end-of-life decisions in
children with terminal and irreversible diseases and propose a rational sequence for …

Most paediatric deaths occur in the neonatal period, many of them in neonatal intensive care
units after withdrawal of life support or the decision not to initiate new treatments. In these …

Working in ICUs that involves care for critically ill children is inherently demanding. The
intricacy of end-of-life issues in this setting adds additional layer of high demands that health …

Objectives To provide an in-depth insight into the experience and perceptions of bereaved
parents who have experienced end of life care decision-making for children with life-limiting …

This thesis describes the practice of end-of-life decision-making in neonates and older
children, the attitudes of paediatricians and other physicians towards physician-assisted …

UNIVERSALLY, THE DEATH OF A CHILD PRO-vokes extreme grief. Howa child dies may
also provoke fundamental moral disagreements—sometimes between parents, among …