Meaningful moments: The use of ritual in perinatal and pediatric death

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 288-295

  Kobler, Kathie ^a   Limbo, Rana ^b   Kavanaugh, Karen ^c  

^a Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant death; Pediatric death; Ritual; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STILLBIRTH; SYMBOLISM;

BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; NEONATAL NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 34548354953     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NMC.0000287998.80005.79     Document Type: Article

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