A five-year review of referrals for perinatal palliative care.

Background: San Diego Hospice and the Institute for Palliative Medicine created one of the earliest perinatal palliative care programs in the country. Only four studies have reported outcomes for pregnant women referred to perinatal palliative care services for potentially lethal prenatal diagnoses.

Objectives: To learn: (1) who is referred for perinatal palliative care at San Diego Hospice; (2) what happens after referral to perinatal palliative care; and (3) what happens after delivery for this population.