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“You are not alone”: Connecting through a bereaved parent mentor program for parents whose child died of cancer

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Bereavement after the death of a child is devastating and associated with worse physical and psychosocial well‐being in parents. Evidence suggests that parents desire and benefit from support provided by… Click to show full abstract

Bereavement after the death of a child is devastating and associated with worse physical and psychosocial well‐being in parents. Evidence suggests that parents desire and benefit from support provided by other bereaved parents. To foster this peer support, an institutional peer‐to‐peer mentorship program for bereaved parents was established, through which trained bereaved parent mentors offer support for newly bereaved parents.

Keywords: bereaved parents; alone connecting; program; child; bereaved parent; cancer

Journal Title: Cancer Medicine
Year Published: 2022

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