When a child dies : how pediatric physicians and nurses cope
by
 
McKelvey, Robert S.

Title
When a child dies : how pediatric physicians and nurses cope

Author
McKelvey, Robert S.

ISBN
9780295986531

Personal Author
McKelvey, Robert S.

Publication Information
Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2006.

Physical Description
viii, 319 p. ; 22 cm

Contents
"The patient dies and that's it next patient!" -- "They came into the hospital with a daughter and they left with a small blue box of her stuff." -- "What prevents us from being 'midwives of death ' something that has always been the physician's role?" -- "What could you say? : it wasn't all right. Her beautiful only child was going to die." -- "I can't remember a time that we got together and talked about our feelings. Men don't do that." -- "It's my job to get families through the worst time in their lives." -- "Coping with death is a process you find your own way." -- "It's not about me it's about the patient." -- "People don't know how long the pain from the death of a child lasts. It takes years." -- "I love caring for young families and sick babies." -- "I know I'm not God but I always try to save them." -- "No one understands what we do and no one can empathize with what we're going through except us." -- "I've seen way too many dead babies." -- "Being faced daily with the fact that life is temporary and unpredictable seriously affects the way I live." -- "There's nothing right about a dead baby." -- "You can't open your heart to everyone and be grieving all the time."

Electronic Access
Table des matières http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0614/2006016880.html


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