Impact of a Neonatal-Bereavement-Support DVD on Parental Grief: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Death Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 191-200

  Rosenbaum, Joan L ^a   Smith, Joan R ^b,c   Yan, Yan ^a   Abram, Nancy ^b   Jeffe, Donna B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Barnes Jewish College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CD-ROM; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CD-ROM; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT DEATH; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERINATAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84926520579     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2014.946628     Document Type: Article

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