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- Losing a child is incredibly sad and affects families deeply right away and for a long time after.!
- This text talks about how important it is for families to get help and support even after the loss for a long time.!
- The authors, who are doctors and also parents who have lost a child, share their own experiences and thoughts on how to help other grieving families.!
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The death of a child is a devastating event. Families experience profound grief and loss immediately following the death, and this remains and evolves as time progresses. In this, the second in a series, we discuss the importance of longer term bereavement care and how continuing contact with healthcare can be navigated. As bereaved parents who are also doctors, we again share our experiences. The complex nature of parenting, supporting siblings or managing a pregnancy after loss are explored, and we look at the involvement of bereaved parents in developing bereavement services.
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