Reports outline maternal-child nursing study findings from Children's Hospital
2007 NOV 22 -- According to recent research published in the Mcn - the American Journal of Maternal - Child Nursing, "Advances in fetal diagnostics have resulted in families facing a pregnancy complicated by a fetal health concern. Perinatal literature supports that these families benefit from extensive counseling and education presented by a multidisciplinary team." "In the program described in this article, perinatal palliative care planning is offered to families who have been told that their fetus has a potentially lethal prognosis. Called the ''Fetal Concerns Program,'' it was developed to address the complex needs of families whose fetus has anomalies. This article reviews perinatal palliative care concepts and describes the Fetal Concerns Program's development as a perinatal palliative care service within a broader program," wrote S. Leuthner and colleagues, Children's Hospital. The researchers concluded: "The special role of the nurse coordinator of the Fetal Concerns Program is highlighted." Leuthner and colleagues published their study in Mcn - the American Journal of Maternal - Child Nursing (Fetal concerns program: A model for perinatal palliative care. Mcn - the American Journal of Maternal - Child Nursing, 2007;32(5):272-278). For additional information, contact S. Leuthner, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Dept. of Population Health, Wauwatosa, WI, USA. The publisher's contact information for the Mcn - the American Journal of Maternal - Child Nursing is: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 530 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106-3621, USA. Keywords: United States, Wauwatosa, Life Sciences, Maternal-Child Nursing, Children's Hospital. This article was prepared by Hospital Law Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2007, Hospital Law Week via NewsRx.com.
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