title: "In memoriam".
abstract: For too long members of the helping professions have let our own emotional needs go unmet. Taught in school to provide postmortem care for the deceased and consoling words for the family, we were never taught to grieve for our patients.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sheard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*