Maha Atout graduated from the University of Jordan with a B.Sc. in Nursing and M.Sc. in Maternity and Newborn. She received her Ph.D. degree in Paediatric Palliative Care from the University of Nottingham. She works as an Associate Professor at the Philadelphia University of Jordan. Her experiences working with children with life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses led to her interest in understanding communication between children with life-threatening conditions and their parents and health care professionals. She has published several papers in this field. She is also interested in investigating parental experiences of decision-making at the end of life for children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions.