Living with Grief Following Removal of Infant Life Support: Parents' Perspectives

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-265

  Armentrout, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Neonatal death; Perinatal loss; Removal of neonatal life support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENT; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNERAL RITES; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPIRITUALITY; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 65549149863     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2009.01.003     Document Type: Review

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4. Armentrout D. Holding a place: a grounded theory of parents bringing their infant forward in their daily lives following the removal of life support and subsequent infant death [Doctoral dissertation, UMI No. 3167414] (2005), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (Texas)