A child’s right to receive pediatric palliative care at prenatal stage

Abstract

This paper is aimed at outlining the essence, nature as well as range of child’s guarantees for receiving pediatric palliative care at prenatal stage including common scope of the rights for such patients. It is emphasized that a child at prenatal stage (starting from certain age) is able to feel pain sensation and suffer from it, thereby underlying its right for palliative care. It is underscored as to why a child’s right at prenatal stage for pediatric palliative care (if necessary) is subject to legal recognition and legal protection.

Keywords

• a child’s right to receive pediatric palliative care at prenatal stage
• a child at prenatal stage
• palliative care
• patients’ rights
• pain
• distress