Care of the Body After Death

Olausson, Jill; Ferrell, Betty

doi:10.1188/13.cjon.647-651

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“…Examples of the ways in which practitioners engage with families include gestures such as making drinks, referring to relatives by their name, and their relationship to the deceased child. Similar findings were reported in a study exploring after death care of adults (Olausson & Ferrell, 2013).…”

Section: Family-centred Caresupporting

confidence: 90%

Sources of emotional challenge for practitioners delivering family centred care after the death of child: an inductive thematic analysis

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Section: Family-centred Caresupporting

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Sources of emotional challenge for practitioners delivering family centred care after the death of child: an inductive thematic analysis

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“…In this study, none of the parents had ever experienced caring for the remains of a stillborn baby before. During our discussion about their overall experience in this entire process, they combined the visual information and environment attached with experience and changed it into personal thought and understanding [29,33]. While taking care of the remains of a stillborn baby, medical staff should treat the dead babies as if they were alive and show respect and dignity to the stillborn babies.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…If their bodies were touched, their spirit would get lost and fail to return home. Consequently, the soul would become a homeless one and would not be reincarnated [29]. Due to their strong religious beliefs, most Taiwanese would follow the societal, religious and folk traditions.…”

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Care and disposal of the remains of stillborn babies from the parents’ perspective in Taiwan: A phenomenological study

Sun

Rei

Chang

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Background Each year, 2.6 million of pregnancies end as stillbirth. Recent literature began to understand parents’ traumatic experience in stillbirth and its profound impact on parents’ mental health and psychosocial effect. But there is little understanding on the actual care and disposal of the stillborn baby, nor is there an agreement on how hospitals should care for the stillborn baby to mitigate parents’ profound loss. The purpose of this study is to understand parents’ perspective on hospital’s care for their stillborn babies, hoping to make suggestions on how can hospitals improve their care to mitigate parents’ grieves. Methods A descriptive phenomenological approach was adopted and twenty couples (40 individuals) who had to decide how to care for the remains of their stillborn babies participated in the study. The data were collected through in-depth interviews, which involved semi-structured and open-ended questions. The phenomenological methods of Giorgi were applied to analyze the data. Results Parents felt unprepared and lack of support when they had to handle their stillborn babies’ remains. The research results revealed two major themes: 1) Handling stillborn babies remain ignorantly; 2) Pacifying the disturbed soul on both sides. Given stillbirth’s profound implication for parents’ identity and psychosocial role, hospitals need to be more sensitive and proactive to parents’ cultural and religious needs when they care for stillborn baby and handle its body. Conclusions It was found in the study that reflection and identification were the emerging themes, which can enable healthcare professionals to understand parents’ concerns in a meaningful way, as they deal with the remains of stillborn babies. Moreover, it is hoped that hospital administration and health care personnel should consider stillborn parents’ concerns and incorporate their needs into nursing assessment and treatment practices.

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“…This involves addressing the family's needs in a manner sensitive and culturally appropriate to the deceased patient and bereaved family and certification of death (Olausson, 2013[35]).…”

Section: Steps In End-of-life Carementioning

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End-of-Life Care and Psychiatry: Current Trends and Future Directions in India

Deodhar

2016

Mens Sana Monogr

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Although 80% of the deaths worldwide occur in middle- and low-income countries such as India, there is less awareness of end-of-life care (EOLC) for people with chronic, serious, progressive, or advanced life-limiting illnesses, including dementia. EOLC involves good communication, clinical decision-making, liaison with medical teams and families, comprehensive assessment of and specialized interventions for physical, psychological, spiritual, and social needs of patients and their caregivers. The psychiatrist can play a significant role in each of the above domains in EOLC. The current trends in India are examined, including ambiguities between EOLC and euthanasia. Future directions include formulating a national EOLC policy, providing appropriate services and training. The psychiatrist should get involved in this process, with major responsibilities in providing good quality EOLC for patients with both life-limiting physical illnesses and severe mental disorders, supporting their caregivers, and ensuring dignity in death.

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Care of the Body After Death

Cited by 16 publications

References 12 publications

Sources of emotional challenge for practitioners delivering family centred care after the death of child: an inductive thematic analysis

Sources of emotional challenge for practitioners delivering family centred care after the death of child: an inductive thematic analysis

Care and disposal of the remains of stillborn babies from the parents’ perspective in Taiwan: A phenomenological study

End-of-Life Care and Psychiatry: Current Trends and Future Directions in India

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