Interventions for bereaved parents following a child's death: A systematic review

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 590-604

  Endo, Kaori ^a   Yonemoto, Naohiro ^a   Yamada, Mitsuhiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bereavement; child loss; parents; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ANXIETY; BEREAVEMENT; BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; CHILD DEATH; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; GRIEF; HUMAN; PARENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SIBLING; SUPPORT GROUP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; COUNSELING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THERAPY;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; COUNSELING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PARENTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84930796415     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315576674     Document Type: Review

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