Commentary highlights parental engagement and ethical considerations in pediatric palliative care literature, suggesting improvements for future research.
This TPPCR commentary discusses the 2026 papers by Katz et al., Shifting sands: How parents engage with the idea of their child’s death, in the Journal of Palliative and Supportive Care and Szabat et al., Parental hope in paediatric palliative care: a systematic review of the ethical issues in evidence-based literature. BMC Medical Ethics. This commentary is a part of the Trends in Pediatric Palliative Care Research commentary series. To learn more or to sign up for our monthly newsletter visit: https://pediatricpalliative.com/research-blog/
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