Background: Advance care planning and goals of care discussions involve the exploration
of what is most important to a person, including their values and beliefs in preparation for …

A growing number of children with life-limiting conditions (LLCs) are being cared for in
paediatric critical care (PCC) settings. Children with LLCs admitted to PCC are at a high risk …

Background: Pediatric advance care planning differs from the adult setting in several
aspects, including patients' diagnoses, minor age, and questionable capacity to consent. So …

Purpose: To describe parents' views of family-centered care at a pediatric intensive care
unit. Design and Methods: A qualitative descriptive study with a deductive and inductive …

Background: Although international guidelines recommend discussions about goals of care
and treatment options for children with severe and life-limiting conditions, there are still few …

Background: The majority of children and young people who die in the United Kingdom
have pre-existing life-limiting illness. Currently, most such deaths occur in hospital, most …

To assess current practice and provide a basis for a provincial template, clinicians at a
Canadian pediatric hospice reviewed the literature surrounding pediatric advance care …

Background Globally, initiation of paediatric advance care planning discussions is
advocated early in the illness trajectory; however, evidence suggests it occurs at crisis points …

Increasing numbers, complexities and technology dependencies of children and young
people with life-limiting conditions require paediatricians to be well prepared to meet their …

There is a strong push towards standardisation of treatment approaches, care processes
and documentation of clinical practice. However, confusion persists regarding terminology …