[Implementing palliative care for newborns in various care settings. Part 3 of "Palliative care in the neonatal period"]

Arch Pediatr. 2010 Apr;17(4):420-5. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2010.01.011. Epub 2010 Mar 4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Palliative care in newborns may take place in the delivery room and then continued either in maternity wards or in the neonatal unit. For babies developing a chronic condition, going home may be advantageous. The population concerned includes babies born with a severe intractable congenital malformation and certain extremely preterm newborn babies at the limits of viability. Care procedures as well as withholding and withdrawing treatments are reviewed.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Congenital Abnormalities / diagnosis
  • Congenital Abnormalities / therapy*
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Critical Pathways / ethics*
  • Critical Pathways / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Ethics, Medical*
  • France
  • Humans
  • Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases / diagnosis
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases / therapy*
  • Interdisciplinary Communication
  • Life Support Care / ethics
  • Life Support Care / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Medical Futility / ethics
  • Medical Futility / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Palliative Care / ethics*
  • Palliative Care / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Patient Care Team / ethics*
  • Patient Care Team / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Professional-Family Relations / ethics
  • Withholding Treatment / ethics
  • Withholding Treatment / legislation & jurisprudence