TRENDS in Pediatric Palliative Care Research (TPPCR) 2026; Issue #08, Commentary on Katz et al. and Szabat et al.

This TPPCR commentary discusses the 2026 papers by Katz et al., Shifting sands: How parents engage with the idea of their child’s death, in the Journal of Palliative and Supportive Care and Szabat et al., Parental hope in paediatric palliative care: a systematic review of the ethical issues in evidence-based literature. BMC Medical Ethics.

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