Abstract

Clinical care for pregnant women and their partners presents ethical dilemmas and value-based decision-making following concerning fetal diagnoses. How can empathic caregivers best support families who are on the path toward a critical juncture of clinical care, human values, the meaning of life and dealing with its finitude? This clinical handbook is the first to address in an extensive and interdisciplinary manner these issues as palliative care may be a considered manner of accompaniment towards a brief, but meaningful life, intensive care and uncertain futures for children and their families.