Nicu Now Audio Support Series

Trigger warning: In this episode we talk about death and dying.   Not every baby leaves the NICU but it has been Dr. Elvira Parravicini’s passion to serve those families with infants who have life-limited or life-threatening illnesses. The Neonatal Comfort Care Program seeks to address those needs and support those families from diagnosis, to delivery and beyond.   In this episode, we chat about: How were you led from your specialty of perinatology and neonatology to your work in palliative care? Can you define what palliative care means? What is the Neonatal Comfort Care Program and how does it assist parents? If a parent has a baby who has a life-limiting or life-threatening condition, what can they expect in a neonatal program and how does that differ from adult palliative care? End of life issues are complicated and very personal, how do you accompany a family through an extraordinarily difficult experience while respecting their wishes? If a hospital does not have a service similar to yours,