Title When a child dies : how pediatric physicians and nurses cope / Robert S. McKelvey

Published Seattle, Wash. ; London : University of Washington Press, [2006] ©2006

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Description viii, 319 pages ; 22 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Acknowledgments vii -- Introduction 00 -- Part 1. Residents 00 -- 1. "The patient dies and that's it, next patient!" 00 -- 2. "They came into the hospital with a daughter and they left with a small blue box -- of her stuff." 00 -- 3. "What prevents us from being 'midwives of death,' something that has always -- been the physician's role?" 00 -- 4. "What could you say? It wasn't all right. Her beautiful only child was going to -- die." 00 -- 5. "I can't remember a time that we got together and talked about our feelings. -- Men don't do that." 00 -- Part 2. Attending Physicians 00 -- 6. "It's my job to get families through the worst time in their lives." 00 -- 7. "Coping with death is a process. You find your own way." 000 -- 8. "It is not about me; it's about the patient." 000 -- Ch9. "People don't know how long the pain from the death of a child lasts. It takes -- years." 000 -- 10. "I love caring for young families and sick babies." 000 -- 11. "I know I'm not God, but I always try to save them." 000 -- Part 3. Nurses 000 -- 12. "No one understands what we do and no one can empathize with what we're -- going through except us." 000 -- 13. "I've seen way too many dead babies." 000 -- 14. "Being faced daily with the fact that life is temporary and unpredictable -- seriously affects the way I live." 000 -- 15. "There's nothing right about the death of a child." 000 -- 16. "You can't open your heart to everyone and be grieving all the time." 000 -- Conclusion: Early Experiences with Child Patients' Deaths 000 -- Appendix A. Interview Questions 000 -- Appendix B. Survey of Prior Research 000 -- Notes 000 -- Glossary 000 -- Bibliography 000 -- Index 000 Notes Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-312) and index Subject Children and death. Children -- Death -- Psychological aspects. Physician and patient. Terminal care. Terminally ill children. Death. Grief. Adaptation, Psychological. Medical Staff, Hospital -- psychology. Pediatric Nursing. Genre/Form Personal Narrative. Personal narratives. LC no. 2006016880 ISBN 0295986530 (paperback) 9780295986531 (paperback)

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