Journal article
Supporting bereaved parents: practical steps in providing compassionate perinatal and neonatal end-of-life care – A North American perspective
Abstract
Providing compassionate bereavement support challenges care-givers in perinatal medicine. A practical and consistent approach tailored to individual families may increase the care-giver's ability to relieve parental grief. This approach includes: (1) clear and consistent communication compassionately delivered; (2) shared decision-making; (3) physical and emotional support; and (4) follow-up medical, psychological and social care. Challenges to …
Authors
Williams C; Munson D; Zupancic J; Kirpalani H
Journal
Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 335–340
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 2008
DOI
10.1016/j.siny.2008.03.005
ISSN
1744-165X