Providing hospice in the womb

CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De l'Association Medicale Canadienne, 183(5), E267-E268

DOI 10.1503/cmaj.109-3776 PMID 21343271

Abstract

Amy Kuebelbeck was 25 weeks into her pregnancy when she received the terrible news. Her fetus had been diagnosed with an incurable heart defect. If she carried through with her pregnancy, her baby's life would be a brief one. Kuebelbeck did continue her pregnancy and gave birth to a boy. Her new

Topics

perinatal hospice care, prenatal diagnosis lethal anomaly, hospice in the womb, comfort care fetal diagnosis, palliative care pregnancy, fetal anomaly decision-making, perinatal palliative care, continuing pregnancy after diagnosis, lethal fetal condition support, perinatal bereavement care
PMID 21343271 21343271 DOI 10.1503/cmaj.109-3776 10.1503/cmaj.109-3776

Cite this article

Collier, R. (2011). Providing hospice in the womb. *CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne*, *183*(5), E267-E268. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3776

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