Butler, AE;
Hall, H;
Copnell, B;
(2018)
Gradually Disengaging: Parent-Health care Provider Relationships After a Child's Death in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
Journal of Family Nursing
, 24
(3)
pp. 470-492.
10.1177/1074840718783470.
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Abstract
When a child dies in the intensive care unit, many bereaved parents want relationships with their child’s health care staff to continue in the form of follow-up care. However, the nature of these relationships and how they change across the parents’ bereavement journey is currently unknown. This article explores early and ongoing relationships between parents and health care staff when a child dies in intensive care. Constructivist grounded theory methods were used to recruit 26 bereaved parents from four Australian pediatric intensive care units into the study. Data were collected via audio-recorded, semistructured interviews and analyzed using the constant comparative methods and theoretical memoing. Findings show that these relationships focus on Gradually disengaging, commonly moving through three phases after the child dies: Saying goodbye, Going home, and Seeking supports. These findings provide guidance to health care staff on what families need as they leave the intensive care unit and move through bereavement.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Gradually Disengaging: Parent-Health care Provider Relationships After a Child's Death in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1074840718783470 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1074840718783470 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | parent–health care provider relationship, pediatric intensive care, death, grounded theory |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10080776 |
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