Breaking the news: informing visitors that a patient has died.
Most nurses working in critical care areas for any length of time will be involved in informing visitors that a patient has died. This paper describes some of the methods which may be used to give this news and some of the means of providing support to visitors at this time.
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D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003643:Death; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods*; D010327:Pastoral Care; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D014342:Truth Disclosure