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A Broken Heart—The Physician’s Role: Bereaved Parents’ Perceptions of Interactions with Physicians
Katherine L. Bright*,
Marlene Belew Huff,
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Karen Hollon
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kbright{at}uky.edu.
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A privately maintained list serve, originating in Kentucky, of bereaved parents/guardians was used to send written surveys via the United States Postal Service to those individuals living in Kentucky. This survey study provides pediatricians the opportunity to hear directly from surviving parents and caretakers and is an initial step in developing training curricula for doctors and other health care professionals who wish to improve the effectiveness of their interactions with grieving families. Survey results include thematic concerns identified by the bereaved parents about physician interaction and actions at the time of a child?s death. Though published guidelines are available for physicians attending to bereaved parents at the time of a child?s death, these results suggest that the availability of guidelines alone may be insufficient and more in-depth physician training and education is needed.
First published on November 20, 2008, doi:10.1177/0009922808327055
Clinical Pediatrics 2009;48:376.
A more recent version of this article appeared on May 1, 2009
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