An ethical rationale for perinatal palliative care.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2022
Identifier
DOI: 10.1016/j.semperi.2021.151526
Abstract
Perinatal palliative care has grown out of both an historical necessity in attending to babies in the NICU that face difficult odds of survival, the increasing technology that may avail life-extending, yet technology-dependent, care, and the growth of fetal diagnostic and treatment centers. This review looks ta the history and ethical rationale for making available services from Pediatric and Perinatal Palliative Care to families in the prenatal and postnatal periods caring for a loved one with life-limiting circumstances.
Journal Title
Seminars in perinatology
Volume
46
Issue
3
First Page
151526
Last Page
151526
MeSH Keywords
Child; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Morals; Palliative Care; Perinatal Care; Pregnancy; Prenatal Care
Keywords
Ethics; Neonatology; Palliative Care; Perinatal; end-of-life
Recommended Citation
Carter BS. An ethical rationale for perinatal palliative care. Semin Perinatol. 2022;46(3):151526. doi:10.1016/j.semperi.2021.151526
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