Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Infants and Their Families in the NICU: Building a Program of Research

Christine A Fortney

doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2019.09.019

Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Infants and Their Families in the NICU: Building a Program of Research

J Pediatr Nurs. 2019 Nov-Dec:49:104-105. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2019.09.019. Epub 2019 Oct 24.

Author

Christine A Fortney¹

Affiliation

¹ Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women, Children and Youth, College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America; Center for Biobehavioral Health, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States of America. Electronic address: fortney.19@osu.edu.

Abstract

This article is a brief report on the building of a program of research to support palliative and end-of-life care for infants and their families in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Critical Care / methods
Critical Care / psychology*
Family Relations
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Newborn, Diseases / diagnosis
Infant, Newborn, Diseases / mortality
Infant, Newborn, Diseases / therapy*
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / organization & administration*
Male
Palliative Care / organization & administration*
Perinatal Death / prevention & control
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Research Design
Terminal Care / organization & administration*
United States

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding