Providing comfort while a patient is living with a life-limiting condition or at end of life is the
hallmark of palliative care regardless of the patient's age. In perinatal palliative care, the …

OBJECTIVES This chapter focuses on the state of comfort of the baby, whether born at the
cusp of viability, affected by life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, or after redirection of …

The objective of perinatal palliative care is to provide holistic and comprehensive health
care services to women who are anticipating the birth of a neonate diagnosed prenatally …

Perinatal palliative care refers to a coordinated care strategy that comprises options for
obstetric and newborn care that include a focus on maximizing quality of life and comfort for …

The integration of palliative care principles in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
remains challenging. This article describes different models of providing neonatal palliative …

Despite the fact that parents of infants with lethal anomalies may not want “full-blown”
medical care for their infants after birth, most such infants die in neonatal intensive care …

Perinatal medicine is confronted by a growing number of complex fetal conditions that can
be diagnosed prenatally. The evolution of potentially life-prolonging interventions for the …

Background: Traditionally, the provision of comfort care and support during the dying
process for infants born with life-limiting diagnoses has occurred in the neonatal intensive …

The provision of care to the newborn or young infant at the end of life is primarily motivated
by concern and compassion. When examining the evidence base for most interventions, it is …

Background: Many of the leading causes of infant mortality are diagnosed prenatally,
presenting providers with the ability to present perinatal palliative care planning as an …