This literature review focuses on the neonatal context. It provides an update of knowledge
on the psychosocial consequences and communication needs expressed by parents. It …

Background Brain tumours are the most common and fatal of all solid tumours for children
and adolescents. The effects of the tumour and treatment (chemotherapy, radiation, and/or …

Children's agency in their own lives is increasingly recognised as important, including within
paediatric health care. The issue of acknowledging child agency is complex in the context of …

Aim To investigate the main factors which facilitate or hinder end‐of‐life decision‐making
(EoLDM) in neonates and children. Methods A qualitative inductive, thematic analysis was …

Background: Effective communication is a cornerstone of quality paediatric palliative care.
Families report struggling, however, to know what to discuss, with whom, and when …

OBJECTIVES Care for children with severe neurologic impairment (SNI) often involves
complex medical decision-making where therapeutic alliance between clinicians and …

Objective Our aim was to synthesise the available evidence surrounding the structure,
processes and outcomes of family meetings in the paediatric palliative care literature …

Context Children with severe neurological impairment (SNI) make up nearly 50% of
pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions, yet little is known about their family …

Background Previous studies have found that parents of children with cancer desire more
prognostic information than is often given even when prognosis is poor. We explored in …

Purpose Effective nurse-child communication is a fundamental aspect of delivering pediatric
nursing care. Family caregivers' global ratings to hospital are considered a proxy-reported …