| Description |
viii, 319 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-312) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Residents -- 1. "The patient dies and that's it, next patient!" -- 2. "They came into the hospital with a daughter and they left with a small blue box of her stuff" -- 3. "What prevents us from being 'midwives of death,' something that has always been the physician's role?" -- 4. "What could you say? It wasn't all right. Her beautiful only child was going to die" -- 5. "I can't remember a time that we got together and talked about our feelings. Men don't do that" -- pt. 2. Attending physicians -- 6. "It's my job to get families through the worst time in their lives" -- 7. "Coping with death is a process ; you find your own way" -- 8. "It's not about me, it's about the patient" -- 9. "People don't know how long the pain from the death of a child lasts. It takes years" -- 10. "I love caring for young families and sick babies" -- 11. "I know I'm not God, but I always try to save them" -- |
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pt. 3. Nurses -- 12. "No one understands what we do and no one can empathize with what we're going through except us" -- 13. "I've seen way too many dead babies" -- 14. "Being faced daily with the fact that life is temporary and unpredictable seriously affects the way I life" -- 15. "There's nothing right about a dead baby" -- 16. "You can't open your heart to everyone and be grieving all the time" -- Conclusions -- Appendix A : Interview questions -- Appendix B : Survey of prior research -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Terminal care.
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Children -- Death -- Psychological aspects.
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Physician and patient.
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Children and death.
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Terminally ill children.
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Death -- Personal Narratives. |
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Grief -- Personal Narratives. |
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Adaptation, Psychological -- Personal Narratives. |
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Medical Staff, Hospital -- psychology -- Personal Narratives. |
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Pediatric Nursing -- Personal Narratives. |
| ISBN |
9780295986531 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0295986530 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLM 101277114 |
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YDXCP 2434059 |
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NZ1 10833087 |
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AU@ 000040330224 |
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IG# 9780295986531 |
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