Research Article
Perinatal Palliative Care: Barriers and Attitudes of Neonatologists and Nurses in Poland
Table 2
Detailed results concerning opinions on withholding resuscitation.
| Questions | Answers’ options |
Number and percentage of respondents who indicated each answer option | Neonatologists | Nurses | | % | | % |
| Do you think that a child should be treated till the end, “never give up,” regardless of prognosis and burden of therapy? | Yes, always | 2 | 9.09 | 3 | 15.00 | Yes, always when required by parents | 4 | 18.18 | 2 | 10.00 | Generally yes, but in a situation described by me and team as hopeless I would suggest palliative care | 6 | 27.27 | 9 | 45.00 | No, but I would always consider individual medical and family situation of the child | 10 | 45.45 | 6 | 30.00 |
| Which statement best reflects your current opinion? | There are no situations in which resuscitation may be abandoned; we should always fight for a child’s life till the end | 4 | 18.18 | 6 | 30.00 | If there is no hope that the child may be cured, resuscitation should be initiated because of and on request of the parents | 4 | 18.18 | 2 | 10.00 | If there is no hope that the child may be cured, resuscitation should be initiated in order to avoid possible legal claims from family | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 10.00 | Very seldom it may happen that resuscitation prolongs the child’s and family’s suffering | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 5.00 | Usually if a child is in a terminal stage of a disease, resuscitation prolongs the child’s and family’s suffering | 8 | 36.36 | 6 | 30.00 | If there is no hope that the child may be cured, despite high emotional burden, resuscitation should not be initiated | 6 | 27.27 | 3 | 15.00 |
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