Dr. Annie Janvier

Personalized communication with parents of children born at less than 25 weeks: Moving from doctor-driven to parent-personalized discussions  Communicating with parents facing potential preterm birth is complex, especially when the baby may be born before 25 weeks of gestational age. These babies have a high chance of dying or having serious health problems. Many of […]

This article, authored by Marie Chevalier (a former fellow of our unit) with Thuy Mai Luu (in neonatal care), Paige Church (a rehabilitation and neonatal care physician), Annie Janvier, and Keith Barrington, reviews the medical literature regarding the outcomes of preterm infants with significant cerebral bleeding and the variations in practices among different teams or countries.

Our new “voice of parents” article is out where we asked stakeholders what they considered to be a severe outcome: they do not agree with our classification and consider disabilities with less pessimism than physicians/researchers.

Congratulations to our whole “voice of parent’s” family. Our last article the impact of prematurity on parents. They describe both positive and negative outcomes (while in the traditional medical literature only negative outcomes are described). The positive impacts reported included: an improved outlook on life, such as gratitude and perspective, stronger family relationships and the gift of the child.

Congratulations to Béatrice for her new article about the long term outcomes of babies who survive after life-and-death discussions and decisions.