Worldwide, sub-Saharan Africa has the highest burden of global neonatal mortality (43%)
and neonatal mortality rate (NMR): 27 deaths per 1,000 live births. The WHO recognizes …

Importance Communication during conversations about death is critical; however, little is
known about the language clinicians and families use to discuss death. Objective To …

Many NICUs have reached an inflection point where infant deaths following limitation of life-
sustaining treatments outnumber those following unsuccessful resuscitations, and many …

Objective: Barriers to palliative care for children with serious illness include system
constraints and vastly different training and attitudes toward palliative care. This study aimed …

Objective Our objective was to evaluate the preferences and experiences of bereaved
parents around advance care planning (ACP) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) …

Objectives Death in childhood is uncommon. There is little formal training for healthcare
professionals in managing paediatric death. 1–3 Formal training can improve palliative care …

The topic of palliative care in neonatology has been very topical recently, and proper
implementation in practice requires a mul tidisciplinary effort, with nurses being an essential …

Objective Hypothesis–all members of a service, including those not always thought of as in
the multidisciplinary team (MDT), will have helpful views about how NICE standards are met …

Background: Despite widespread use of simulation teaching in education (1) use remains
limited in paediatric palliative care (PPC). However, formal PPC training including simulation …

Background Among families of children with severe neurological impairment (SNI), grief
begins long before the end of life. 1 With static or progressive central nervous system …