Fifteen-minute consultation: perinatal palliative care

Perinatal palliative medicine is an emerging subspecialty within paediatric palliative medicine, neonatal medicine, fetal medicine and obstetrics. It comprises patient-focused, non-judgemental shared decision making and aims to provide holistic multidisciplinary support for families. In this paper we define and describe one model for providing perinatal palliative care, drawing on the personal and professional experience of the authors.
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Education and Practice - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Obstetrics and gynaecology, Best practice, Hospice Source Type: research