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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"death of a child"”.
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Support for bereaved parents following the death of a child from cancer
One in 600 children develops cancer before the age of 15 (Cancer-UK 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 …
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The Process of Parental Bereavement Following the Violent Death of a Child
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the process of parental bereavement following the violent death of a child. The death of a child is considered to be the most difficult death anyone can experience which can often result in changing lives forever. Grounded theory was used for …
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Grieving the violent death of a child: synthesizing the private and public response
… suicides, and homicides are the leading causes of death in the young. These are all modes of violent deaths. Although the response to loss has been a prevalent area of inquiry, limited research exists how or whether the context of violent death affects the response of parents to the loss of a …
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Trauma of the Sudden Death of a Child: The Impact on Couple Relationship
A traumatic life event such as the death of a child can be very devastating and confusing for many couples and people tend to respond in different ways to such trauma due to different factors such as gender differences. Research studies have traditionally focused on the personal effects of trauma …
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The Lived Experience of Mothers Bereaved by the Suicide Death of a Child.
… Previous research studies in the areas of suicidology and bereavement have failed to explore the experience of mothers bereaved by the suicide death of a child. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore phenomenologically the lived experience of mothers following the suicide …
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The phenomenon of bereaved parenting: Parenting surviving children after the death of a child from cancer
The death of a child is a tragic, devastating event that has enormous emotional and relational impact on the family unit. Parental changes are significant, encompassing the psychological, physical, spiritual, and interpersonal realms. Little bereavement research has focused on the relationship …
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In their own words: an analysis of personal narratives from fathers' perspectives on the death of a child
… theory. Data (N=695) from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) were used to test a path model examining the effects of relationship quality and commitment, as well as ace, gender, income, education, health, living arrangement, emotional support, and adult children's marital …
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Telling the story: what can be learned from parents' experience of the professional response following the sudden, unexpected death of a child?
My research explores parents' experience of professional intervention following sudden, unexpected child death. In the UK all deaths of this nature are subject to a Rapid Response, which includes forensic investigation, followed by a series of subsequent meetings. These procedures were part of a …
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The Application of Emotionally Focused Therapy in Treating Couples who have Experienced the Death of a Child: A Grounded Study for the EFT Therapist
… EFT model with couples that have experienced the death of a child. Criterion sampling and snowball sampling were used to recruit participants within the United States and internationally. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 5 participants, all of whom were women therapists. The data …
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The impact of the death of a child on the parent's marriage: a case study of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and the parent's marital relationship
The death of a child is a devastating psychological event for the child's parents. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of the death of a child on the parent's marital relationship. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of death among infants in the United States. …
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"To the Memory of Sweet Infants": Eighteenth-Century Commemorations of Child Death in Tidewater, Virginia
… Tidewater was set against the grim specter of death. Children were especially vulnerable, perishing with disheartening frequency throughout the century. Yet despite the high rates of child mortality, Tidewater culture underwent a revolution in regard to the eighteenth-century family. …
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The Lived Experience of Parental Bereavement
<p>The purpose of this manuscript is to present a Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenological nursing research study on the phenomenon of parental bereavement. The aim of this study is to describe the lived experience of bereaved mothers and fathers who have experienced the death of a child due to …
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Two investigations into the causal link between child mortality and subsequent fertility using DHS data from Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
… two investigations into the causal link between childhood mortality and fertility using Demographic and Health Survey data from Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, countries which are at different stages of the demographic transition. The first investigation assesses the effect of the …
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Beyond the Loss of a Child in the NICU: The Social Worker's Role
… is a two-paper dissertation exploring the role of social workers in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The classical and contemporary perspectives of grief theory provide the framework for understanding emotional responses of bereaved parents to the death of a child. The academic social …
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The Lived Experience of Emergency Service Personnel in Pediatric Resuscitation and Unexpected Death: A Phenomenological Study
There were over 63,000 pediatric deaths in the United States in 2013, with almost 7,000 of those deaths attributed to accidental causes, homicide, and suicide. The death of a child has a major impact on healthcare professionals caring for children and families. The purpose of this study was to …
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¿Déjalo Descansar? The Parental Bereavement Experience of Mexican Migrant Mothers
… cry for them" is an expression Mexican mothers often hear after the death of a child. While accepted as a culturally polite means of expressing condolence, the phrase nonetheless can have a detrimental effect on the parental bereavement experience of these mothers. Through the use of focus …
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A medico-legal study of infant mortality in Kuwait from 2003 to 2006: A retrospective study
Infant mortality refers to the death of a child less than one year of age. It is a sensitive index of the general health and welfare of the population of any nation. There are several conditions which are associated with infant deaths. These include congenital disorders, premature birth, …
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Perceptions of Emergency Physicians in Japan in Managing Acutely Ill Pediatric Patients
Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to delineate the self-perceived confidence levels of emergency physicians in Japan in managing acutely ill pediatric patients in the emergency department (ED). Based on the hypothesis that 50% or more participants did not feel confident, the …
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The Ogress, The Innocent, And The Madman: Narrative and Gender in Child Homicide Trials in New Zealand, 1870-1925
The murder of a child represents one of the most perplexing and unimaginable of crimes. This thesis, the first legal-historical investigation into child homicide in New Zealand, seeks to uncover some of the ways that people have ‘imagined’ and made sense of this complex crime in the past. The …
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A Phenomenological Study of Health Professionals’ Perceptions of Good and Bad Pediatric Hospital Deaths, Self-Care Needs and Lingering Distress
<p>The death of a child is devastating. Although death is a part of every life, a child dying seems out of order in current times and in the context of Western Healthcare. Health professionals (HP) caring for dying children frequently report suffering. In the past four decades, HP have been …
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