ArticleJournal of palliative care2013
Physicians' conceptualization of "closure" as a benefit of physician-parent follow-up meetings after a child's death in the pediatric intensive care unit.
Article in Journal of palliative care, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Insight into the content of and experiences with follow-up conversations with bereaved parents in paediatrics: A systematic review.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2022Pooled it
- A Provider-Based Survey To Assess Bereavement Care Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Pediatric Oncologists.Journal of palliative medicine · 2017Article
- Bereavement Follow-Up After the Death of a Child as a Standard of Care in Pediatric Oncology.Pediatric blood & cancer · 2015Review
- Language Analysis as a Window to Bereaved Parents' Emotions During a Parent-Physician Bereavement Meeting.Journal of language and social psychology · 2015Article
- Feasibility and perceived benefits of a framework for physician-parent follow-up meetings after a child's death in the PICU.Critical care medicine · 2014Observational
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Abstract
We examined physicians' conceptualization of closure as a benefit of follow-up meetings with bereaved parents. The frequency of use and the meaning of the word "closure" were analyzed in transcripts of interviews with 67 critical care physicians affiliated with the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. In all, 38 physicians (57 percent) used the word "closure" at least once (median: 2; range: 1 to 7), for a total of 86 times. Physicians indicated that closure is a process or trajectory rather than an achievable goal. They also indicated that parents and physicians can move toward closure by gaining a better understanding of the causes and circumstances of the death and by reconnecting with, or resolving relationships between, parents and health professionals. Physicians suggested that a primary reason to conduct follow-up meetings is that such meetings offer parents and physicians an opportunity to move toward closure. Future research should attempt to determine whether followup meetings reduce the negative effects of bereavement for parents and physicians.
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