Trends in Pediatric Palliative Care 2017; Issue #7

By Dr. Kimberley Widger. Feature Articles: Rahimzadeh, V., Bartlett, G., Longo, C., Crimi, L., Macdonald, M. E., Jabado, N., & Ells, C. (2015). “Promoting an Ethic of Engagement in Pediatric Palliative Care Research Ethics, Organization and Policy.” BMC Palliative Care 14, no. 1. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-015-0048-5. Hudson, B. F., Oostendorp, L. J. M., Candy, B., Vickerstaff, V., Jones, L., Lakhanpaul, M., Bluebond-Langner, M., & Stone, P. (2017). “The under Reporting of Read more about Trends in Pediatric Palliative Care 2017; Issue #7[…]

Trends in Pediatric Palliative Care 2017; Issue #6

By Dr. Adam Rapoport. Feature Article: Birchley, G., Gooberman-Hill, R., Deans, Z., Fraser, J., & Huxtable, R. (2017). “Best interests” in paediatric intensive care: an empirical ethics study. Archives of Disease in Childhood. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2016-312076 In my role as a pediatric palliative care physician, I routinely find myself meeting with families and PICU colleagues, trying to Read more about Trends in Pediatric Palliative Care 2017; Issue #6[…]

Trends in Pediatric Palliative Care 2017; Issue #2

Dr. Hal Siden The December TPPCR list has a rich collection of 28 citations covering a wide variety of aspects of pediatric palliative care. Similar to the November list more than one article stood out. I observed a thematic overlap in at least 5 of the publications that focus on spirituality (Arutynyan), factors impacting decision-making Read more about Trends in Pediatric Palliative Care 2017; Issue #2[…]