title: Saying goodbye in the intensive care unit: helping caregivers grieve.
abstract: The need for critical care caregivers to complete their own grief work when a patient dies deserves special attention. Positive coping with grief and loss can be encouraged through formal programs and individual and group memorial services.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Small
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Engler
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Rushton
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003643:Death; D005655:Funeral Rites; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*