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
		𝑛	%	𝑛	%
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