Informing parents about the actual or impending death of their infant in a newborn intensive care unit

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-267

  Armentrout, Debra ^a   Cates, Leigh Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

neonatal death; parental grief; perinatal neonatalloss; simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PARENTS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TERMINAL CARE; TEXAS;

EID: 80051744652     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e3182259943     Document Type: Article

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