End-of-life decisions in neonates and infants: a population-level mortality follow-back study

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2022 May;107(3):340-341. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-322108. Epub 2021 Jun 15.

Authors

Laure Dombrecht^{1

2}, Kim Beernaert^{3

2}, Kenneth Chambaere^{3

2}, Filip Cools⁴, Linde Goossens⁵, Gunnar Naulaers⁶, Joachim Cohen³, Luc Deliens^{3

2}; NICU consortium

Collaborators

NICU consortium:
Filip Cools, Linde Goossens, Gunnar Naulaers, Luc Cornette, Sabine Laroche, Claire Theyskens, Christine Vandeputte, Hilde Van de Broek

Affiliations

¹ End-of-Life Care Research Group, Ghent University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Ghent, Belgium laure.dombrecht@ugent.be.
² Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
³ End-of-Life Care Research Group, Ghent University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Ghent, Belgium.
⁴ Neonatology, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
⁶ Neonatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 34131039
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-322108

No abstract available

Keywords: epidemiology; ethics; neonatology; palliative care.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Death
Decision Making
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Neonatology*
Palliative Care
Terminal Care*
Withholding Treatment