Improving services to bereaved relatives in the emergency department: making healthcare more human.
Death and bereavement are often poorly dealt with in emergency departments. Guidelines exist for optimal care of bereaved relatives. Establishing a limited bereavement program in a busy emergency department is quite feasible. Bereaved relatives appreciate a more "human" approach from hospital staff. Ultimately hospital staff also benefit from confronting issues surrounding death in the emergency department.
Williams
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AG
Emergency Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA. aled.williams@health.wa.gov.au
O'Brien
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DL
Laughton
K J
KJ
Jelinek
G A
GA
D001601:Bereavement; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010819:Physician's Role; D011368:Professional-Family Relations