Neonatal and perinatal palliative care pathway: a tertiary neonatal unit approach

A lack of well-structured guideline or care pathway results in inadequate, inconsistent and fragmented palliative care (PC) for babies and their families. The impact on the families could be emotionally and psychologically distressing. Not all neonatal units have specialist PC clinicians or teams, a...

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Main Authors: Narendra Aladangady (Author), Abena N Akyempon (Author)
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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