Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to mitigate the harmful effects of
moral distress experienced by nursing and medical clinicians working in the intensive care …

The neonatal intensive care unit is recognized as a stressful environment; the nature of
caring for sick babies with uncertain outcomes and the need to make difficult decisions …

Background Current conceptualisations of moral distress largely portray a negative
phenomenon that leads to burnout, reduced job satisfaction and poor patient care. Objective …

METHODS Neonatologists, medical trainees, and nurses were surveyed at regular intervals
on their experience of MoD and their preferred level of care in relation to 99 neonates born< …

Deferred consent has gained traction in some countries as a possible adjunct to prospective
consent for evaluating emergency therapies in the neonatal population. This form of consent …

When healthcare professionals feel constrained from acting in a patient's best interests,
moral distress ensues. The resulting negative sequelae of burnout, poor retention rates, and …

Background Moral distress is prevalent within the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and
can negatively affect clinicians. Studies have evaluated the causes of moral distress and …

Objective Vein of Galenaneurysmal malformation (VGAM) is a rare but important congenital
malformation presenting to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), and with a change from …

In this article, we highlight the Australian pediatric palliative care context. We describe the
way in which pediatricians may adopt 'directive'shared decision-making to align care plans …

Advances in perinatal care bring with them ethical challenges and difficult questions. When
should we provide life-sustaining interventions, and who should decide? Particularly at the …