[Spain] “The good death”: Experience of parents who have suffered the loss of a child in a pediatric intensive care unit. A phenomenological study

[Spain] “The good death”: Experience of parents who have suffered the loss of a child in a pediatric intensive care unit. A phenomenological study
Journal of Pediatric Nursing; by Sara Alcón-Nájera, Rosa Blanca Ortiz-Pizarro, Elena Peña-Meléndez, Alberto Sánchez-Gallego, María Teresa González-Gil; 5/25
The ‘good death’ condenses experiences of parents into a constructive interpretation. It is characterised by the fact that it is participated, accompanied and honoured. It requires exquisite holistic care (emotional/social/relational and spiritual). It promotes a family-centered approach and emotional wellbeing of parents. The family's perception of a ‘good death’ is a powerful facilitator of bereavement. The experience of the death of a child in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit must ensure a peaceful, dignified, and respectful death, accompanied and participated in by the family to achieve a “Good Death”. Evidence-based palliative and end-of-life care is essential for developing protocols and resources that ensure excellent support for families and their adaptation to the loss.