Background Preterm birth is a major global public health issue due to its prevalence, impact
upon morbidity and mortality, and subsequent cost implications. Yet, policy analysis has not …

Executive summary This Framework has been developed by a multidisciplinary working
group in the light of evidence of improving outcomes for babies born before 27 completed …

Background In the last 20 years, the chances for intact survival for extremely preterm infants
have increased in high income countries. Decisions about withholding or withdrawing …

Introduction The birth of a preterm infant can have a great emotional impact on the parents
when the length of stay is long. Early discharge programs facilitate the transition to the home …

Moral distress is a well-recognized and ubiquitous aspect of health care professional
practice in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) context. We used interpretive description …

Objective To understand the dynamics of conversations between neonatologists and
parents concerning limitation of life-sustaining treatments. Design Formal conversations …

Objective: To increase our understanding of moral distress experienced by neonatal
registered nurses when directly or indirectly involved in the decision-making process of …

Parents and individuals who were born preterm rarely contribute to research study design in
order to ensure that outcomes are reported that are of relevance to them. In this article we …

Objective To investigate whether parent-initiated or doctor-initiated decisions about limiting
life-sustaining treatment (LST) in neonatal care has consequences for how possible courses …

Objectives The attitudes and biases of doctors may affect decision making within Neonatal
Intensive Care. We studied the attitudes of neonatologists in order to understand how they …