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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Bereavement care"”.
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Exploration and development of bereavement care for older people.
… National Statistics 2010) and pressure on healthcare services to reduce costs indicate the necessity of developing strategies that enable coping and independence. Loss through death of close family members, partners and friends is a key factor that inhibits physical, emotional and social well …
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PERINATAL LOSS – BEREAVEMENT CARE EXPERIENCES OF INDIANA WOMEN AND HEALTH PROVIDER PERSPECTIVES
Background: Perinatal bereavement care after a miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death is understudied in Indiana. The aims of this dissertation study were five-fold: (1) to understand perinatal bereavement care experiences of Marion County, IN women, (2) to examine how women’s participation in …
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Connecting With the Heart of God in Grief: Employing Narrative in Christian Bereavement Care
This thesis argues that Christian bereavement care needs to proceed from a solid biblical foundation in determining the goal (receiving comfort from God), model (by focusing on communion with God), and method of care (through narrative and relationship) to guard against secular influences and to …
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CARE THAT LISTENS: SHAPING INTENSIVE CARE UNIT BEREAVEMENT PROTOCOLS THROUGH THE POWER OF STORY
… affect individuals’ well-being. While bereavement is a natural human experience and specific to an individual’s worldview, CG requires targeted support to mitigate long-term adverse outcomes. Bereavement care is a recognized intervention to address CG, yet there is limited guidance on …
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Presentation, Structure, and Storytelling of Perinatal Loss Memory Boxes
… experience for patients, families, and the healthcare professionals who care for them. Memory boxes are a customary component of perinatal bereavement care, intended to support continuing bonds by preserving tangible connections between bereaved parents and their baby. Traditionally, these boxes …
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A study of bereavement in the Abrahamic faiths
… Jewish and Muslim faiths, doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants and religious leaders to explore the essences of bereavement and implications for providing religiously appropriate end of life and bereavement care in an acute hospital setting. Phenomenology provided the philosophical and …
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An evaluation of the palliative care unit at Groote Schuur Hospital
… solution to this problem is an Acute Palliative Care Unit. Groote Schuur Hospital opened such a unit in April 2011, managed by the ED staff. This kind of service was not available in this tertiary, academic state hospital prior to that. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate aspects of care at …
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Surviving the death of a baby : end of life and the enormity of grief
… baby had died in a north west neonatal intensive care unit. The study was conducted in a way that was sensitive and respectful to undertaking research with bereaved parents. Data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis to describe and interpret parental experiences. Findings …
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Support for bereaved parents following the death of a child from cancer
… 2004). Thefocus on providing supportive care throughout the course of a child's treatment isrightly prioritised. However, the provision of effective bereavement care must not beneglected. Although there are differences between diagnostic groups, approximately30% of children die of cancer …
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A Widow’s Hope in Late-Life Spousal Loss: A Biblical Response to Meaning-Making and Continuing Spiritual Bonds
… can cause a loss of meaning and purpose in life. Bereavement brings mortality to the forefront, raising questions related to life’s existential meanings. In recent years, there has been a broadening interest in the role of spiritual beliefs in coping with the death of a loved one and how it …
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Transforming student midwives 'lived' experience of caring for bereaved parents using high-fidelity simulation; an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… tragic and traumatic event both for parents and caregivers. The period after stillbirth has profound emotional and psychological consequences for parents which can persist for 1000 days and beyond (Manifesto, 2014). Whilst nothing can alleviate the pain of a stillbirth, the quality of care that …
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The knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices towards palliative care of family physicians in the Boland and Northern Suburbs of Cape Town
Palliative care, for those dying from a life-threatening disease, has developed to become a definite discipline in mostly developed countries. Through this palliative care has become accepted as a human right to all in need of end-of-life care. The stark reality in developing countries is that …
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Experiences of pregnancy with major fetal anomalies
… to practical terms of delivering abortion care. Following pregnancy loss or perinatal death, parents require various levels of support during their bereavement. There is an over reliance on voluntary organisations to provide peer support to families to meet their needs that often surpass …
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Study of methods, systems, recommendations and bereaved parents’ involvements in perinatal death reviews, inquiries and audits
… families and, if unexpected, for the healthcare staff involved, with long-lasting emotional consequences. Some of these deaths are unavoidable, but many are preventable. To investigate these deaths and identify contributory factors, local hospital-based perinatal death reviews as well as …