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Moving on from a “good death” : child- and family-centred end-of-life care in paediatric critical care
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Intensive and critical care nursing, vol.86, 2025
For decades, paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) clinicians have
aimed to provide a “good death” for children and families [1]. A good
death in PICU is thought to occur when the child is free from pain and
suffering, and there is a supportive environment for the child and their
family [2]. PICU researchers and clinicians commonly describe a good
death as one that acknowledges parental and family roles, reciprocal
trust between the family and the PICU healthcare team, accessible in-
formation, optimal bedside care, compassionate staff, and support for
individual child and family child needs [1–3].
However, the notion of the good death in the PICU, and in paediatric
care more generally, has been the subject of recent debate, questioning
its positionality and appropriateness.
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