A Qualitative Study of Parents' Experiences of Bonding in End-of-Life Care in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Aim: To examine the parent's experiences of bonding in the care of newborns who were seriously ill during the neonatal period and did not survive.

Design: Data were collected through 7 interviews with 10 parents whose infants were cared for and died in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Methods: The interviews were pilot processed using inductive content analysis and then processed again using deductive content analysis with the attachment theory applied as a theoretical frame.