title: Supporting families in neonatal loss: relationship and faith key to comfort.
abstract: Around 20,000 neonatal deaths occur each year, many from congenital heart defects such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Nurses are on the frontline of caring for families experiencing neonatal loss. Careful spiritual and cultural assessment, attention to beliefs, focusing on relationship, and helping families create legacy can assist with grieving and making meaning out of loss.
authors.affiliation: Stamford University, Birmingham, USA.
authors.forename: Jane Treadwell
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Holston
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001601:Bereavement; D002835:Christianity; D003657:Decision Making; D004645:Empathy; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000451:nursing*; D007223:Infant; D066088:Infant Death; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology