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Small Investment, Big Impact: How a Simple Strategy Can Positively Affect Individualized Plans for Bereaved Families

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Purpose: Literature supports that bereavement follow-up phone calls made by clinicians from a child’s care team to the family within the first 3 weeks after a child’s death result in… Click to show full abstract

Purpose: Literature supports that bereavement follow-up phone calls made by clinicians from a child’s care team to the family within the first 3 weeks after a child’s death result in an increase in feelings of support and a decrease in feelings of abandonment. While the pediatric palliative care (PPC) team has an established bereavement follow-up program through mailings and a yearly parent bereavement group, in the retrospective analysis of one month the rate was only 38% for completed follow-up calls. Aim: Increase the number …

Keywords: simple strategy; big impact; impact simple; small investment; strategy positively; investment big

Journal Title: Pediatrics
Year Published: 2018

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