Advance Care Planning for Protecting Children's and Families' Wishes: A Pilot Analysis of Six Years

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Palliative Care, Pain Service, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.
² Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
³ University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

Pierina Lazzarin et al. Acta Paediatr. 2025 Dec.

. 2025 Dec;114(12):3354-3355.

doi: 10.1111/apa.70281. Epub 2025 Aug 22.

¹ Pediatric Palliative Care, Pain Service, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.
² Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
³ University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

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