The case for perinatal palliative care and expanded research.
- Resource Type
- Editorial
- Authors
- Côté-Arsenault, Denise
- Source
- Palliative Medicine. Oct2023, Vol. 37 Issue 9, p1286-1288. 3p.
- Subject
- *MATERNAL health services
*HEALTH services accessibility
*RURAL conditions
*PERINATAL death
*MEDICAL care use
*PALLIATIVE treatment
*PERINATAL period
- Language
- ISSN
- 0269-2163
The article discusses the importance of perinatal palliative care for families facing severe, life-limiting fetal abnormalities during pregnancy. It emphasizes the need for informed support and guidance for grieving parents throughout pregnancy and the neonatal period; highlights the limited access to perinatal palliative care due to resource constraints and the variation in care based on termination restrictions; and expanded interventions to support parents facing these difficult situations.