Bereavement Follow-Up After the Death of a Child as a Standard of Care in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 62, Issue , 2015, Pages S834-S869

  Lichtenthal, Wendy G ^a   Sweeney, Corinne R ^a,b   Roberts, Kailey E ^a   Corner, Geoffrey W ^a,c   Donovan, Leigh A ^d   Prigerson, Holly G ^e   Wiener, Lori ^f  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereaved parents; Bereavement; Cancer; Death of a child; Palliative care; Pediatric oncology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HOSPICE CARE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PARENTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEDIATRICS; STANDARD OF CARE;

EID: 84952651471     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25700     Document Type: Article

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