Physicians' experiences and perspectives regarding follow-up meetings with parents after a child's death in the pediatric intensive care unit

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

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

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

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^g MATTEL 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)

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Author keywords

bereavement; communication; critical care; parent; qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTION; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC RISK; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LANGUAGE; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

COMMUNICATION; DEATH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PARENTS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 79953081593     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181e89c3a     Document Type: Article

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