Paediatrics & child health
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Paediatr Child Health · Jul 2003
Death and bereavement in a paediatric intensive care unit: Parental perceptions of staff support.
To determine which staff behaviours and interventions were helpful to a family who had a child die in the intensive care unit (ICU) and which behaviours could be improved. ⋯ Many acute bereavement interventions need to be initiated by staff because families do not know to request them. Physicians do not always meet individual family's needs for support. Contact initiated by staff following a death is appreciated.