Provision of bereavement care in neonatal units in the United Kingdom

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Robertson, Meredith J P ^a   Aldridge, Anne ^a   Curley, Anna E ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bereavement care; bereavement education, training, multicultural support; grief theory; neonatal units, United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; CLERGY; FAMILY COPING; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN DEATH; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PARENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIBLING; SPIRITUAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79955896930     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181e911e3     Document Type: Article

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