Improvements in communication and relationship building are essential

Understanding research priorities in children’s palliative care is important for nurses, following the phasing out of the Liverpool Care Pathway, which has led to a change in palliative and end of life care ( Department of Health (DH) 2014 ). Advances in technology that can keep children alive for a long time is another area over which there is much debate ( Longden and Mayer 2007 ).