Background: Education and training are very critical to development of high-quality neonatal
palliative care. However, little investigation has been done into Taiwanese neonatal …

Background While both patients and physicians identify communication of bad news as an
area of great challenge, the factors underlying this often complex task remain largely …

Although traditionally reported as an “uncommon” occurrence, more than 55,000 children
die annually in the United States. 1 An additional estimated 500,000 children confront life …

Background: Interventions to improve pediatric trainee education in palliative care have
been limited by a lack of reliable and valid tools for measuring effectiveness. Objective: We …

Background: Research found that low levels of professional confidence and personal
comfort among neonatal clinicians regarding palliative care may indicate a lack of …

Objective: Prognostication of survival is difficult in children with life-limiting illnesses
because of the rarity of these conditions and technological advances improving survival. The …

Despite improving organization of hospice for children with life-limiting illnesses, services
may be underutilized. We asked representatives of all 76 existing North Carolina hospice …

With the emergence of a more formalized field of pediatric palliative care (PPC), it is
important for individuals and organizations involved in PPC to gather input from patients with …

Background: Palliative care physicians are increasingly being asked to provide end-of-life
(EOL) care for children. Yet very little is known about physicians' level of comfort and …

Aims: This study aimed to perform a quantitative analysis of research publications in
palliative care journals for reporting characteristics of articles on pediatric palliative care …