The Importance of Parental Connectedness and Relationships With Healthcare Professionals in End-of-Life Care in the PICU*

摘要

Objectives: Support from healthcare professionals in a PICU is highly valuable for parents of dying children. The way they care for the patients and their families affects the parents' initial mourning process. This study explores what interaction with hospital staff is meaningful to parents in existential distress when their child is dying in the PICU.