Paediatric Palliative Care in Clinical Practice: Ethical Issues in Advance Care Planning and End-of-Life Decisions.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

This study examines ethical challenges faced by a paediatric palliative care (PPC) team when making end-of-life (EOL) decisions for children with life-limiting conditions.

Aim

To assess the team's attitudes towards ethical issues and propose innovative solutions.

Methods

The data was collected in 2022 at the University Children's Hospital Ljubljana. A researcher-made questionnaire was developed based on team experience. Ten PPC team members participated anonymously, evaluating ethical concerns in communication, decision-making, and patient characteristics. Mann-Whitney U test was used to analyze the data.

Results

Ethical issues emerge when coordinating treatment opinions becomes challenging, resulting in excluding a child from PPC. Situations involvin

SUBMITTER: Meglic A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12010454 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature