Hospital-based bereavement services following the death of a child: A mixed study review

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 193-210

  Donovan, Leigh A ^a,b,c   Wakefield, Claire E ^a,b   Russell, Vera ^a   Cohn, Richard J ^a,b  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bereavement; child; death; hospitals pediatric; systematic review

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; CHILD DEATH; COPING BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GRANDPARENT; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MOURNING; PARENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SIBLING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84923415827     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216314556851     Document Type: Review

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