ReviewAmerican journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses2020
Defining a "Good Death" in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Part 3: Ethics: 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.Circulation · 2025Guideline
- Understanding parent experiences of end-of-life care for children: A systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis.Palliative medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Current situation, challenges and future trends of pediatric palliative care from a multi-dimensional perspective: a narrative review.Translational pediatrics · 2026Review
- Making Sense of the Final Moments: A Qualitative Study of Informal Caregivers' Perception of Good Death in the Bereavement Process.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2026Article
- Advance Care Planning Conversations in Pediatric Patients with Refractory Oncologic Disease.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- An easier way to die?-A qualitative interview study on specialist palliative care team members' views on dying under sedation.Palliative medicine · 2025Article
- From bedside vigilance to empowered parent: a descriptive qualitative study of maternal involvement in the pediatric intensive care unit.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Interventions Performed in Children With Immunocompromised Conditions in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Within 48 Hours of Death.Journal of palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Mortality Rate and Risk Factors in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Imam Hossein Children's Hospital in Isfahan: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study.Advanced biomedical research · 2023Article
- Shifting and intersecting needs: Parents' experiences during and following the withdrawal of life sustaining treatments in the paediatric intensive care unit.Intensive & critical care nursing · 2022Article
- Nursing Care at End of Life in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation.American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses · 2022Article
- A "Good Death" for Children with Cardiac Disease.Pediatric cardiology · 2022Article
- Is this as good as it gets? Implications of an asymptotic mortality decline and approaching the nadir in pediatric intensive care.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Review
- Parental bereavement - impact of death of neonates and children under 12 years on personhood of parents: a systematic scoping review.BMC palliative care · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundSocietal attitudes about end-of-life events are at odds with how, where, and when children die. In addition, parents' ideas about what constitutes a "good death" in a pediatric intensive care unit vary widely.
objectiveTo synthesize parents' perspectives on end-of-life care in the pediatric intensive care unit in order to define the characteristics of a good death in this setting from the perspectives of parents.
methodsA concept analysis was conducted of parents' views of a good death in the pediatric intensive care unit. Empirical studies of parents who had experienced their child's death in the inpatient setting were identified through database searches.
resultsThe concept analysis allowed the definition of antecedents, attributes, and consequences of a good death. Empirical referents and exemplar cases of care of a dying child in the pediatric intensive care unit serve to further operationalize the concept.
conclusionsConceptual knowledge of what constitutes a good death from a parent's perspective may allow pediatric nurses to care for dying children in a way that promotes parents' coping with bereavement and continued bonds and memories of the deceased child. The proposed conceptual model synthesizes characteristics of a good death into actionable attributes to guide bedside nursing care of the dying child.
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