title: A new framework to evaluate the quality of a neonatal death.
abstract: Management of the infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) focuses on stabilization and survival but sometimes death is an inevitable outcome. Dying neonates deserve a good death. It is unknown whether we are providing neonates with a good death. This article introduces a framework describing components needed for a good death in the NICU. Initially based on an adult model, this new framework incorporates appropriate components of Emanuel and Emanuel's framework ( 1998 ) and puts them into a context applicable to neonates. The proposed concepts and relationships will require future testing and revision as indicated by the evidence.
authors.affiliation: a The Ohio State University College of Nursing , Columbus , Ohio , USA.
authors.forename: Christine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Fortney
authors.forename: Deborah K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Steward
mesh_terms: D003643:Death; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / Q000592:standards*; D011582:Psychological Theory