title: Bereavement in paediatric intensive care.
abstract: The death of a child is a very sad event in anyone's life. It also affects all staff in paediatric intensive care units in different ways at different times. The publication of standards of bereavement care in paediatric intensive care hopes to be able to assist medical and nursing staff to understand and feel more confident in this emotionally difficult area of medicine. The aim of this article is to summarize some of the major points made in the document.
authors.forename: Charles G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Stack
mesh_terms: D001601:Bereavement; D002648:Child; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations