Follow-up study of complicated grief among parents eighteen months after a child's death in the pediatric intensive care unit

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-214

  Meert, Kathleen L ^a   Shear, Katherine ^b   Newth, Christopher J L ^c   Harrison, Rick ^d   Berger, John ^e   Zimmerman, Jerry ^f   Anand, K J S ^g   Carcillo, Joseph ^h   Donaldson, Amy E ⁱ   Dean, J Michael ⁱ   Willson, Douglas F ^j   Nicholson, Carol ^k  

^a CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^d MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVING QUESTIONNAIRE; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIEF; GRIEF AVOIDANCE QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INVENTORY OF COMPLICATED GRIEF; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRIC WARD; RELATIONSHIP SCALES QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS;

EID: 79951698210     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0291     Document Type: Article

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