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Perinatal and neonatal palliative care has been developing in some hospitals in Argentina over the last few years. The Obstetrics Department recognised the importance of integrating the paediatric palliative care team to maximise support for parents and also for primary caregivers. Newborns and infants have the highest death rate within the paediatric population; however, very little data is available regarding specific end of life care and whether referral to palliative care would have provided the family with additional support, helping babies and their families experience opportunities which parents could care for their baby. The palliative care team designed a number of interventions to maximise the parents’ focus on embracing this “real baby” into the family history and to be accepted beyond its survival prognosis.
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Kiman, R. (2020). Argentina. In: Mancini, A., Price, J., Kerr-Elliott, T. (eds) Neonatal Palliative Care for Nurses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31877-2_29
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