Supporting bereaved parents: practical steps in providing compassionate perinatal and neonatal end-of-life care - A North American perspective

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 335-340

  Williams, Constance ^a   Munson, David ^b   Zupancic, John ^c   Kirpalani, Haresh ^b,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

End of life care; Ethics; Neonatal intensive care; Parental involvement; Perinatal bereavement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN CARE; NORTH AMERICA; PARENT; PERINATAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST;

EID: 47349094643     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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