Navigating care after a baby dies: A systematic review of parent experiences with health providers

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 230-237

  Gold, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; CHILD DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FETUS DEATH; GRIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL DEATH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BEREAVEMENT; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL NURSING; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 33947652687     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211676     Document Type: Review

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