TY - JOUR
T1 - Supporting bereaved parents: a phenomenological study of a telephone intervention programme in a paediatric oncology unit
AU - Darbyshire, Philip
AU - Cleghorn, Alexandra
AU - Downes, Maeve
AU - Elford, Joanna
AU - Gannoni, Anne
AU - McCullagh, Cheryl
AU - Shute, Rosalyn
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This study sought to discover bereaved parents perspectives and experiences of a nurse-led, ward-based, telephone support programme in a children s oncology unit. Background. Parental grief is especially intense and long-lasting, and many parents can experience serious psychological problems. The oncology team learned that some parents felt forgotten or abandoned following their child s death and addressed this concern by initiating and subsequently evaluating a telephone bereavement support programme.
AB - This study sought to discover bereaved parents perspectives and experiences of a nurse-led, ward-based, telephone support programme in a children s oncology unit. Background. Parental grief is especially intense and long-lasting, and many parents can experience serious psychological problems. The oncology team learned that some parents felt forgotten or abandoned following their child s death and addressed this concern by initiating and subsequently evaluating a telephone bereavement support programme.
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04266.x/pdf
U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04266.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04266.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0962-1067
VL - 22
SP - 540
EP - 549
JO - Journal of Clinical Nursing
JF - Journal of Clinical Nursing
IS - 3-4
ER -