179 End-of-Life Ethical Issues: Paediatric Intensivists Differ from Non-Intensivist Paediatricians

Abstract

Results The analysis resulted in 4 categories: a. the moment of death in the PICU; b. talking with the attending physicians; c. parental involvement in decision making; d. parental participation in research. The results show that parents lack a peaceful environment where they can adequately carry out the goodbyes at the time of death of their children. They emphasized the solidarity provided by the nursing staff at this point and the little involvement of the medical team. The opportunity to revisit the process of their children's death with the team physician was considered positive. Parents felt that they did not have an effective participation in decision taking. Conclusion The research shows that the difficulty of communication between health staff and parents is a factor that impacts negatively on the decision taking and grieving processes.

Attitudes of Slovene paediatricians to end‐of‐life care

“…Sampling from intensivists in paediatrics was collected on a random basis. Answers from paediatric intensivists were retrieved from the study among adult and paediatric intensivists on EOL in intensive care medicine . The official data on all registered paediatricians in Slovenia were also collected to test if the included sample was representative for all the Slovene paediatricians.…”