Life after loss: Parent bereavement and coping experiences after infant death in the neonatal intensive care unit. Issue 5 (28th May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Currie, Erin R.; Christian, Becky J.; Hinds, Pamela S.; Perna, Samuel J.; Robinson, Cheryl; Day, Sara; Bakitas, Marie; Meneses, Karen
• Is Part Of: Death studies. Volume 43:Issue 5(2019)
• Page Start: 333
• Page End: 342
• Publication Date: 2019-05-28
• Subjects: Death -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Terminal care -- Periodicals; Death -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; 306.9
• DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2018.1474285
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0748-1187

Abstract

Abstract: The death of an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a profound and unexpected loss for parents that results in a complex process of coping with bereavement. A descriptive qualitative approach was used to explore parent bereavement and coping experiences after infant death in the NICU. The dual process model of coping with bereavement was used as a conceptual framework to help understand how parents cope with grief after infant death. Living with infant death was a process that resulted in major life changes and a process of oscillating among various coping strategies.