ArticleNursing ethics2023
Shared responsibility for decision-making in NICU: A scoping review.
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- Summary of best evidence on parental involvement in neonatal intensive care units: integrating family-centered and family-integrated care models.Global health action · 2026Review
- Shared Decision Making in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Low Middle Income Countries - A Myth or A Path to Reality.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- A Core Outcome Set for Family-Centered Care in Neonatal Intensive Care Settings: An International eDelphi Study and Online Consensus Meeting.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Parental Involvement in Decision-Making About Planned Late Preterm and Early Term Birth (The "PIP" Study): Part 1-A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Interviews With Parents.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2026Article
- "The weight of words": a phenomenological study of Chinese neonatologists' lived experiences of delivering bad news.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- The Effect of Shared Decision-Making on Emergency Management Knowledge, Anxiety, and Mental Health Among Family Members of Terminally Ill Patients in the ICU: A Quasiexperimental Study.Nursing research and practice · 2026Article
- Healthcare provider's perceptions of family values when making end-of-life care decisions for their children: developing and implementing a survey tool.Palliative care and social practice · 2026Article
- Enhancing shared decision-making for infants in the intensive care unit: lessons from parents.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Parental and Staff Experiences of Participation in the REPORT-BPD Feasibility Study: Insights from an Embedded Qualitative Research.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Interprofessional Competencies for Effective Interprofessional Collaborative Practices Amongst Intensive Care Unit Teams in the North West Province, South Africa: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Health services insights · 2025Article
- Parental impact during and after neonatal intensive care admission.Seminars in perinatology · 2024Review
- Improving NICU staff decision-making with parents in medical rounds: a pilot study of reflective group dialogue intervention.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundShared responsibility is an essential part of family-centred care and it characterizes the relationship between parents and healthcare professionals. Despite this, little is known about their shared responsibility for decision-making in neonatal intensive care units.
aimThe aim of this scoping review was to identify previous studies on the subject and to summarize the knowledge that has been published so far.
methodThe review was conducted using electronic searches in the CINAHL, PubMed, Scopus and PsycINFO databases and manual searches of the reference lists of the selected papers. The searches were limited to peer-reviewed papers that had been published in English from 2010 to September 2021. The data were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria and the findings were inductively summarized. We identified eight papers that met the inclusion criteria. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS: The scoping review was conducted according to good scientific practice by respecting authorship and reporting the study processes accurately, honestly and transparently.
resultsThe results showed that shared responsibility for decision-making was based on the parents' intentions, but the degree to which they were willing to take responsibility varied. The facilitating and inhibiting factors for shared responsibility for decision-making were related to the communication between parents and professionals. The impact was related to the parents' emotions.
conclusionIt is essential that parents and professionals negotiate how both parties will contribute to their shared responsibility for decision-making. This will enable them to reach a mutual understanding of what is in the infants' best interests and to mitigate the emotional burden of decisions in neonatal intensive care units. More research is needed to clarify the concept of shared responsibility for decision-making in this intensive care context.
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