Neonatal loss. What can be done to ease parents' grief.
Healthcare professionals have an important role in helping grieving parents cope with a neonatal loss. Physicians need to be professionally prepared to deal with such a situation, which includes knowing how to refer the parents to community support systems and anticipating and being prepared for a variety of emotional responses. Suggestions based on personal experience are offered for dealing with bereaved parents during this complex and difficult time.
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Red Cedar Clinic, Menomonie, WI 54751.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations