How doctors manage conflicts with families of critically ill patients during conversations about end-of-life decisions in neonatal, pediatric, and adult intensive care.

"Declarations Conflicts of interestThe authors declare that there is no conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Compliance with ethical standardsThe Amsterdam UMC institutional review board waived approval of this study (W17_475 # 17.548). Informed consent was acquired from one representative on behalf of the whole family. Families could withdraw their consent at any time. Data management and sharingData and coding books are available upon request. Conflicts of interest The authors declare that there is no conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article."

"Funding This study is part of the research project ‘FamICom’, which was supported by ZonMw [Project Number 844001316]. ZonMw is the Dutch organization for healthcare research and innovation. ZonMW had no role in the design and conduct of the study."