Supporting bereaved parents: A phenomenological study of a telephone intervention programme in a paediatric oncology unit

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 540-549

  Darbyshire, Philip ^a,b   Cleghorn, Alexandra ^c   Downes, Maeve ^d   Elford, Joanna ^d   Gannoni, Anne ^e   Mccullagh, Cheryl ^d   Shute, Rosalyn ^f,g,h  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e DECD   (Australia)

^f Sydney Children's Hospitals Network   (Australia)

^g FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bereaved parents; Bereavement support; Grief support; Parental grief; Service evaluation; Telephone counselling; Telephone support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PARENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE;

BEREAVEMENT; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC NURSING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84872306241     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04266.x     Document Type: Article

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