[Support for the parents after the death of a newborn infant].
The neonatologist in NICU has many duties, first of all caring the baby and supporting the parents in facing stressing situations. When the baby dies most doctors think their job is over, and only in few hospitals there is the opportunity for the parents to meet the staff again. We report our recent experience to meet parents after baby's death. We offer them this possibility when they are leaving the hospital and, after about one month, we call them by phone to arrange an appointment. We have realized that they need to talk at least once with the staff (doctors and nurses) to examine and solve doubts about cares and to relieve their sufferance. In our experience, even limited, we found that nobody refuses this opportunity and that in most instances parents required more than one meeting and, finally, that talking of the baby with people who took care of him helps them in accepting baby's death. We found this experience very useful both for parents and staff, so we hope this opportunity will extend to other hospitals.
Siliprandi
N
N
Divisione di Patologia Neonatale, Ospedale San Gerardo di Monza, Italia.
Borroni
C
C
Zapparoli
B
B
D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012944:Social Support
Supporto ai genitori dopo la morte di un neonato.