Limiting treatment

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Journal of Paediatrics and Child HealthVolume 51, Issue 11 p. 1142-1142 Heads UpFree Access Limiting treatment First published: 05 November 2015 https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.13033AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat The first edition of the UK Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) document ‘Withholding or withdrawing Life Saving Treatment in Children: A Framework for Practice’ was published in 1997, soon after the RCPCH split form the Royal College of Physicians. The second edition, published in 2004, changed the title from Life Saving to the less emotive Life Sustaining Treatment. The third edition is called ‘Making decisions to limit treatment in life limiting and life threatening conditions in children.’1 The authors stress that the document sets out circumstances when withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment might be ethically permissible, NOT circumstances when such treatment must be withheld or withdrawn. They also state that the document describes situations in which individual children ‘should be spared invasive procedures’, NOT types of children to whom appropriate procedures should be denied. The new edition puts more emphasis on involving children in decision making and on the importance of palliative care. Reference 1Larcher V, Craig F, Bhogal K, Wilkinson D, Brierley J. Making decisions to limit treatment in life-limiting and life-threatening conditions in children: a framework for practice. Arch. Dis. Child. 2015; 100 (Suppl. 2): s1– 23. CrossrefPubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar Reviewer: David Isaacs, david.isaacs@health.nsw.gov.au, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Volume51, Issue11November 2015Pages 1142-1142 ReferencesRelatedInformation